Razr wireless tether intercept

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Which device (manufacturer, type)?
Motorola RAZR
Which firmware is installed?
2.3.5
What version of wireless tether are you using?
2.0.7
What steps will reproduce the problem?
1.start wireless tether
2.connect to hotspot
3.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
wireless tether working without verizons mobile hotspot program picking it up
Please provide any additional information below.
mobile hotspot verizon bloatware intercepting wireless tether and forces 
verizons version of tether.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by l337spo...@gmail.com on 11 Nov 2011 at 9:56

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Same here Droid Razr 2.3.5 tether 3.1 101 It works for most sites great some 
sites will not work at all. Not sure why, site starts to load page and then 
browser freezes up. Have to back page to get out.

Original comment by stang...@gmail.com on 13 Nov 2011 at 11:36

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I am having the same issue will certain websites not loading at all when I 
share the internet with the hotspot feature. 

Original comment by jtotex...@gmail.com on 14 Nov 2011 at 3:00

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I have the stock mobile tether app running an I'm experiencing the same 
problem. Works great for most sites, but gets hung up on certain ones. It 
wouldn't load Motorola or phonescoop for me even though both sites were up and 
running. 

Original comment by bodie.bo...@gmail.com on 15 Nov 2011 at 7:17

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Just noticed amazon works fine except when I go to the my account link. The 
page loads, but does so very slowly and the page doesn't display correctly. At 
first I thought maybe the phone had a problem with the encryption since the my 
account link was https, but I just went to my banks website and it loaded with 
no problem.

Original comment by bodie.bo...@gmail.com on 15 Nov 2011 at 8:30

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Do you see the option "MSS Clamping" in app-settings? If yes, try to enable it.

Original comment by harald....@gmail.com on 15 Nov 2011 at 9:26

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Looked, but couldn't find an option for mss  clamping. Do you think the MTU 
size might be causing the problem? I was searching for the default MTU rate of 
the Droid razr, but couldn't come up with anything.

Original comment by bodie.bo...@gmail.com on 16 Nov 2011 at 8:38

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Well. We had a similiar issue on other devies - enabling MSS Clamping solved 
it. You could also try to change the dns-servers (app-settings) or try if the 
device can "translate" (domain-names to ip-address) of sites which obiously 
don't open.

It's nearly impossible for me to "debug" such stuff ... don't own such a phone. 

Original comment by harald....@gmail.com on 16 Nov 2011 at 8:53

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Same here Stock WiFi Tether .apk  Will time out browsers on certain URL's.   
This also seems to be OS specific.  Example On my Galaxy Tab 10.1 
www.google.com will load fine yet on stock browser Win7 Pro X64 Non-Domain PC 
it will not load www.google.com  I have noticed that  www.weather.com will not 
load on any device, (mobile weather.com will load with no issue)  Verizon has 
been no help and has only offered to cancel the hospot feature or get a 
different handset.  I have also been told by Verizon that they cant do anything 
and I need to follow up with Motorola.  

Its all bull sh** if you ask me and its bad for us...

SHAME on Verizon for not properly testing handsets before going to market.

Original comment by drune...@gmail.com on 16 Nov 2011 at 11:58

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Have you tried removing the stock.apk? Using a file manager like ES File 
Explorer you can move it from /system/apps to a backup folder on your SD card.

I removed it from my RAZR along with most of the Motobloat, but have not tried 
Wireless Tether yet.

Original comment by SnowGhos...@gmail.com on 19 Nov 2011 at 6:06

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Let me know if deleting the stock .apk works and allows Wireless Tether to run 
properly. I rooted my Droid X and installed Wireless Tether but like countless 
others the Verizon stock Mobile Hotspot is activating triggering Verizon to 
know that you are trying to use WiFi and that sends you to the "Sign Up Here: 
So We Can Take More of Your Money for Data You're Already Paying For" website 
and nowhere else, I though if you were to remove the stock one it would allow 
Wireless Tethering to work properly or maybe installing the new Beta would 
work...grrrr

Original comment by sexton.j...@gmail.com on 20 Nov 2011 at 11:45

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you can use sql lite to remove the entitlement check,  you wont be prompted
to accept any data policy.   There is a video on you tube explaining the
steps.    I pay for my Teathering so I dont want to make any changes to
system apk's.     Hoping Verizon/motorola get there stuff togeather and
release FOTA update.

Original comment by drune...@gmail.com on 20 Nov 2011 at 2:05

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Could you guys please try the latest experimental version available here:
http://android-wifi-tether.googlecode.com/files/wifi_tether_v3_1-pre104.apk

This one has now a "razr"-profile. Lets see if it works *fingers crossed*.

Original comment by harald....@gmail.com on 22 Nov 2011 at 1:09

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Try toggling "routing fix" under settings, if you have problems reaching 
certain sites.

Original comment by tekah...@gmail.com on 22 Nov 2011 at 7:26

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This solves all my problems, I cant tell you how thankful I am.  It does not 
force addhoc mode on the aftermarket.apk and resolves all my DNS problems. 

Thank you for being human.
Dru

Original comment by drune...@gmail.com on 23 Nov 2011 at 1:08

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Had to delete the previous comment, I sent it from my tab and had the signature 
enabled sorry :(

Original comment by drune...@gmail.com on 23 Nov 2011 at 1:09

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dru: I'm telling!!!!  J/K  Good to hear it's working for you!

Original comment by tekah...@gmail.com on 23 Nov 2011 at 2:10

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One thing, and I'm not sure if requests are even possible...   and I see that 
"harald...@gmail.com" is the Owner/Creator of WirelessTether.apk.  Could either 
of you make it possible in "LAN" settings where you are able to "Change LAN" 
make it possible to add my own IP range?   (That was a mouthful sorry)   

The reason it would be so handy is... 

I have my Internal IP range's set on the Corporate Network set the same as my 
Home Network.  This way I never have to change the static IP configs on some of 
the devices I bring back and forth to work.   Sux that I have to change the IP 
config every-time on a static device when I connect to my hotsopt.  I did 
notice that there were many default ranges in the "Change LAN" settings just 
not the one I need.

Great work on such a quick fix!
Hope my request doesn't spoil how awesome the .apk is!
Dru

Original comment by drune...@gmail.com on 23 Nov 2011 at 2:28

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P.S. the 24 bit mask is fine just need the ability to change the IP

Original comment by drune...@gmail.com on 23 Nov 2011 at 2:30

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Razr running....2.3.5 - tethering is 3.1 pre104.
Profile: Razr
Setup: Auto 
Encryption: Enabled
Channel: 6
Routing Fix: Enabled

The issue I'm having is stability...I can turn it on one time and it works but 
try it again and only get. 04kbs download strength. Am I missing something. 

Original comment by jacobje...@gmail.com on 23 Nov 2011 at 10:18

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Razrrunning 2.3.5 - android wifi tether 3.1pre104
Prof:razr
Setup:auto
Encryp:enabled
Routing Fix:Disable

This fixed all my DBS resolving issues I was having with amazon  and 
wunderground!

Thanks!

Mel

Original comment by mele110...@gmail.com on 23 Nov 2011 at 2:54

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I'm throwing in the towel on this.....

Original comment by jacobje...@gmail.com on 24 Nov 2011 at 3:17

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Tried the new update 105 - still can't get more than .04kb download speed 
(that's what it shows) and other devices can see my phone / hotspot - but 
nothing can connect to it. 

Original comment by jacobje...@gmail.com on 26 Nov 2011 at 3:10

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Works great here?  downloaded 11. 6Gb  in 2hrs!

Sent from Tab 10.1

Original comment by drune...@gmail.com on 26 Nov 2011 at 3:12

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I unrooted....did a factory reset...will reroot and try again. 

Original comment by jacobje...@gmail.com on 28 Nov 2011 at 3:30

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I just did a SQL edit as detailed in the YouTube video. Unfortunately you end 
up using Verizon's hotspot but you don't get charged for it. I am excessively 
happy now. It really is a simple fix. The only down side is that the SQL editor 
app costs $3. It is totally worth it compared to Verizon's $30/month though.

Original comment by porkupyn...@gmail.com on 13 Dec 2011 at 10:27

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@porkupyne09

Sweet!   You might want to go to the download section and grab the 3.1-beta7 
version.  It's a free download.

@jacobjer75

Did you ever get that figured out?

Original comment by j...@tekahuna.net on 13 Dec 2011 at 10:46

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very good info

Original comment by FreeAndr...@gmail.com on 28 Dec 2011 at 3:05

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I found that the MTU setting was indeed the culprit for the stock hotspot app 
not loading certain websites:

http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-razr-support/184816-secure-sites-not-avai
lable-tethering-via-hotspot-usb.html

See post # 6

Original comment by bodie.bo...@gmail.com on 29 Dec 2011 at 12:26

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Got it working with the beta APK. I followed these steps:

Install the beta APK. Set it to RAZR profile.
Restart the phone.
Turn on WifiTether. I got an error stating "Mobile Link Lost" (from the stock 
mobile hotspot).
Turn off Data (from the Data Manager menu) and re-enabled it.

was able to connect from my tablet.

Original comment by nharis...@gmail.com on 7 Jan 2012 at 7:42