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This was true years ago but less and less as time passes. Buy a phone from TMobile and it'll have the Android built-in tethering removed and their crapware ins

This was true years ago but less and less as time passes. Buy a phone from TMobile and it'll have the Android built-in tethering removed and their crapware installed. Today even with a Nexus phone from Google (no TM software installed) you still have to jump through hoops to tether. Also, their CEO is kind of a dick, and seems childish on Twitter after the whole EFF thing.

lotyrin 10y ago
Since when? TMobile US? I've had Nexus and iPhone devices on multiple TMobile plans, never had any trouble tethering: just turn it on like normal for the OS. The only thing I've had happen was I think I remember some years back, I was on a grandfathered unlimited plan from before smartphones and tethering were ubiquitous, they started new plans with unlimited data+tethering and if I tethered too much it'd redirect to a captive page saying "please don't" and throttle me pretty heavily to convince me to switch, but the Simple Choice plan I have now is actually cheaper than that plan was.
unethical_ban 10y ago
I also disagree. I have a 5X and hotspot works perfectly.
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MichaelGG 10y ago
That's mostly Google's fault. They added a feature sometime in 4.x that respects some sort of flag set in the APN. It tells it to disable NAT. Root and manually add an iptables rule and you're good to go. Rather lame Google would intentionally cripple something on the client side.
JohnTHaller 10y ago
The Nexus 6 was sold by T-Mobile directly and has the stock standard tethering stuff within (with no T-Mobile-specific tethering software). I'm running one right now. Standard ROM it came with (OTA updated to 6.0.1 + May 2016 update), stock, unrooted.
khedoros 10y ago
> Today even with a Nexus phone from Google (no TM software installed) you still have to jump through hoops to tether. Hi, I turned on my direct-from-Google Nexus 5's hotspot, connected my laptop, and posted this comment. T-Mobile's my provider, and I don't have any of their software on my phone. I also haven't taken any special steps to enable it (just the usual change in the settings menu). I'm curious which "hoops" you're referring to.

lotyrin 10y ago

Since when? TMobile US? I've had Nexus and iPhone devices on multiple TMobile plans, never had any trouble tethering: just turn it on like normal for the OS. The only thing I've had happen was I think I remember some years back, I was on a grandfathered unlimited plan from before smartphones and tethering were ubiquitous, they started new plans with unlimited data+tethering and if I tethered too much it'd redirect to a captive page saying "please don't" and throttle me pretty heavily to convince me to switch, but the Simple Choice plan I have now is actually cheaper than that plan was.

unethical_ban 10y ago

I also disagree. I have a 5X and hotspot works perfectly.

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MichaelGG 10y ago

That's mostly Google's fault. They added a feature sometime in 4.x that respects some sort of flag set in the APN. It tells it to disable NAT. Root and manually add an iptables rule and you're good to go. Rather lame Google would intentionally cripple something on the client side.

JohnTHaller 10y ago

The Nexus 6 was sold by T-Mobile directly and has the stock standard tethering stuff within (with no T-Mobile-specific tethering software). I'm running one right now. Standard ROM it came with (OTA updated to 6.0.1 + May 2016 update), stock, unrooted.

khedoros 10y ago

> Today even with a Nexus phone from Google (no TM software installed) you still have to jump through hoops to tether. Hi, I turned on my direct-from-Google Nexus 5's hotspot, connected my laptop, and posted this comment. T-Mobile's my provider, and I don't have any of their software on my phone. I also haven't taken any special steps to enable it (just the usual change in the settings menu). I'm curious which "hoops" you're referring to.