Hey everyone I'm BRAND new to the site. I picked up my S3 yesterday and was stoked to go home and set it up. I was a little shocked to find out that there is no mention of anyone setting up their free wifi tethering hotspot (after root) on the internet ANYWHERE.
I rooted my Galaxy Note for the first time yesterday before I got the S3 and I rooted the S3 last night. I know for the Note, you had to use T.B. to uninstall 'TetheringManager' and then enable the tethering through the normal options. I did that with no problems and my hotspot is fine. The only thing I see on the S3 is 'TetheringProvision', but the icon that comes with it is a Google icon. I don't want to delete anything that belongs to TouchWiz/Google, but I want to get rid of AT&T's crappy tethering tracker.
Hey everyone I'm BRAND new to the site. I picked up my S3 yesterday and was stoked to go home and set it up. I was a little shocked to find out that there is no mention of anyone setting up their free wifi tethering hotspot (after root) on the internet ANYWHERE.
I rooted my Galaxy Note for the first time yesterday before I got the S3 and I rooted the S3 last night. I know for the Note, you had to use T.B. to uninstall 'TetheringManager' and then enable the tethering through the normal options. I did that with no problems and my hotspot is fine. The only thing I see on the S3 is 'TetheringProvision', but the icon that comes with it is a Google icon. I don't want to delete anything that belongs to TouchWiz/Google, but I want to get rid of AT&T's crappy tethering tracker.
Does anyone have ideas/opinions on the matter?
You don't need to root for this feature anymore with your ATT device. Download "foxfi" from the play store. Its free and creates a hotspot without needing root.
You don't need to root for this feature anymore with your ATT device. Download "foxfi" from the play store. Its free and creates a hotspot without needing root.
I have read on other posts that Foxfi did not work on the S3. However, it sounds like you got it to work. Is this so?
anyone have any issues with att doing this? I had tether on my sprint android for ages, but i know of a number of people that were doing it on their att iphones and they got an email saying to cut it out or theyr gonna start charging.
anyone have any issues with att doing this? I had tether on my sprint android for ages, but i know of a number of people that were doing it on their att iphones and they got an email saying to cut it out or theyr gonna start charging.
I would like to know if other users are running into this as well. I had a warning from AT&T when I tried to tether thru my BB Bold. Didn't know if there was away around it. My phone bill is high enough without paying 60 bucks more for a feature I would only use on rare occasion.
the app creator has posted instruction on how to install it on your AT&T S3. but it's explained in the FoxFi Addon app isntead:
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FoxFi AddOn provides some optional features to the FoxFi application.
*FoxFi enables free WiFi Tether on your phone without rooting or a tether plan. Sprint and AT&T have removed FoxFi from Android Play Store. So if you could not find FoxFi in Play Store then please install or upgrade FoxFi from FoxFi Installer, or scan the QR code in the third screenshot.
This version of FoxFi AddOn implements
1. Notifications of WiFi client connections.
2. A Web Proxy server on the phone that can be used to hide tether usage.
3. Debug log sending.
This FoxFi AddOn app is completely optional. Depending on which phone and carrier you have, it may or may not produce any benefit for FoxFi usage.
Once installed, use the menu in FoxFi to access AddOn features. Requires FoxFi version 1.90 or above.
following that link, i was able to install it on my phone. =D
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This is good news...thinking of getting the S3 at ATT and this helps make the decision. My question is, since they've already removed it from the store, if I get it from the foxfi.com website, is there any way for ATT to "remove" it once I have it? Or once I have it, I have it? I'm only looking for casual tethering, so hoping this doesn't send up red flags. The salesman today said that if I was rooted, there was no way they could tell - can they tell with foxfi?
I picked up galaxy s3 last month and installed foxfi. I already have foxfi on my android s2 work phone and it works great. I got the foxfi to work on my new s3 but received a bill from att for over $200 for exceeding my data! What do I need to do to avoid this! Root? My android s2 is unrooted on Verizon. Is at&t different? Oh yea, my new s3 is bone stock unrooted. Thanks for info
I picked up galaxy s3 last month and installed foxfi. I already have foxfi on my android s2 work phone and it works great. I got the foxfi to work on my new s3 but received a bill from att for over $200 for exceeding my data! What do I need to do to avoid this! Root? My android s2 is unrooted on Verizon. Is at&t different? Oh yea, my new s3 is bone stock unrooted. Thanks for info
Foxfi has nothing to do with you exceeding your data cap. Unless you have a grandfathered unlimited data plan, you have to pay when you go over. It doesn't matter if you use foxfi or not.
I picked up galaxy s3 last month and installed foxfi. I already have foxfi on my android s2 work phone and it works great. I got the foxfi to work on my new s3 but received a bill from att for over $200 for exceeding my data! What do I need to do to avoid this! Root? My android s2 is unrooted on Verizon. Is at&t different? Oh yea, my new s3 is bone stock unrooted. Thanks for info
Your Verizon plan has unlimited Data not cap. ATT has a cap on how much data you can use in a month. Go over the cap and it will cost you.
Your Verizon plan has unlimited Data not cap. ATT has a cap on how much data you can use in a month. Go over the cap and it will cost you.
Exactly. It wouldn't matter rooted or not, you may get past the tethering charge with root. But if you go over your data usage you will pay for it.
For example: I have sprint and it is unlimited data. They do charge 20 bucks for tethering access but since I'm rooted I bypassed that charge and I'm free to tether as much data as I want bc I'm on an unlimited plan. I rooted my friends razr maxx which is verizon obviously and while he got the tethering feature for free, he was charged overages bc he exceeded his data plan.
Does anyone know if AT&T will be able to detect tethering when using Foxfi?
I have been tethering on my Galaxy S3 AT&T using FoxFi since I got it. However, At&t will be able to detect tethering using FoxFi. I recently received a notice about tethering without a tethering plan, threatened me to alter my unlimited plan to a 5gb w/ tethering plan if continued use. After doing some research, the FoxFi addon on the Google Playstore says that it can mask the user from being detected using FoxFi tethering.
Can anyone confirm this? FoxFi addon helping users go undetected for AT&T on the Galaxy S3???
Has anyone have any luck with foxfi and tmobile (nonrooted)
Anyone found a solution for Tmo S3? I see the hotspot on my laptop, but when I try to connect to it Windows7 gives me an connection error every time. Anyone able to get this work with Tmo S3?
I have been tethering on my Galaxy S3 AT&T using FoxFi since I got it. However, At&t will be able to detect tethering using FoxFi. I recently received a notice about tethering without a tethering plan, threatened me to alter my unlimited plan to a 5gb w/ tethering plan if continued use. After doing some research, the FoxFi addon on the Google Playstore says that it can mask the user from being detected using FoxFi tethering.
Can anyone confirm this? FoxFi addon helping users go undetected for AT&T on the Galaxy S3???
I have been using FoxFi with the add-on for a while now, and haven't heard a word from at&t
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Thanks. Installed it. So if I enable proxy, AT&T will not be able to tell that I am tethering? What does "set the Proxy Server address of my computer browser to 0.0.0.0 port 8000" mean and how do I do it?
Thanks. Installed it. So if I enable proxy, AT&T will not be able to tell that I am tethering? What does "set the Proxy Server address of my computer browser to 0.0.0.0 port 8000" mean and how do I do it?
I've been using it for several months and have not heard a peep from AT&T about it, so I assume they don't know I'm using it. As far as the proxy server address, I'm not sure, because I only use it for my Nexus 7 which allows me to set that in the wi-fi connection settings.
Just for clarification, tethering with foxfi still counts against your data plan?
Yes. From the play store - "FoxFi usage is covered under the same phone data plan you have and no tether plan needed." So if you have a capped plan you have have to watch your usage to make sure that you do not go over.
can someone post a link where to get this app now?
This is the way I was told AT&T users had to go and it worked for me.
I assume it would be a work around for other carriers also.
I apologize for not giving credit where credit is due but I cannot find the original poster who posted this:
How to install FoxFi if your carrier has removed it from Play Store:
1. Make sure "Unknown Sources" is checked in phone Settings (under Applications or Developer).
2. Uninstall the existing version of FoxFi if you already have it. 3. Tap on the following links to download the apk file for FoxFi.
4. From phone notifications select the downloaded file. This will install the latest FoxFi.
the new app to use is Portable Wifi HotSpot. Its better than foxfi cuz it's free and works through the native hotspot function. It connects faster and is more stable
This is the way I was told AT&T users had to go and it worked for me.
I assume it would be a work around for other carriers also.
I apologize for not giving credit where credit is due but I cannot find the original poster who posted this:
How to install FoxFi if your carrier has removed it from Play Store:
1. Make sure "Unknown Sources" is checked in phone Settings (under Applications or Developer).
2. Uninstall the existing version of FoxFi if you already have it. 3. Tap on the following links to download the apk file for FoxFi.
4. From phone notifications select the downloaded file. This will install the latest FoxFi.
Thank you.
i dont quite understand how to do #1? i dont see anything under Developer Options or Application Manager that says anything about "unknown sources"
am i not looking in the right place?
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actually how do install the .apk? i have never done this.
once you download it to your phone (from the provided link, best to open it from the phone's browser), open it and it will prompt you to install it. I usually upload to dropbox and install from there.
the new app to use is Portable Wifi HotSpot. Its better than foxfi cuz it's free and works through the native hotspot function. It connects faster and is more stable
welp my experiment with Portable Wifi Hotspot is over. I can confirm that Foxfi works MUCH better. I can't prove it but I think Verizon may have plugged some hole to handicap portable wifi hotspot because I was using it for a few days and it was working fine until I got a verizon carrier update a few days ago and portable wifi hotspot started working like crap. Foxfi is still working great though so I'm going to bite the bullet and just purchase the full version
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