Question about Foxfi on Android 4.4.2

"It sounds like this does not require any ROOTING and my DROID X is on the list of cell phones the FOXFI will work with. The only thing left for consideration now is it legal to use through my DROID X cellphone on VERIZON..."

I used foxfi with my non root Droid x and had no problems. I now use it with my S3 but have to go through the screen unlock to do so

OP, you're lucky FoxFi even works. I have a Droid X2 that I want to replace with a newer Motorola phone off contract (to keep unlimited data), but FoxFi in Wifi mode won't work on the newer phone with Android 4.4.

donn0128, the old unlimited data plan is only for the phone, not multiple devices, i.e. no hotspot feature included (even if the phone is hotspot enabled.)

Can't help on the s4 but royb, the motox can be rooted and you can use xposed to change the entitlement so that you can use the Hotspot with your unlimited data.

Didn't your S4 come with a built-in hotspot? Maybe that is only the AT&T version.

Dave

When the android cell phones started hitting the market I thought that would be the best way for me to create a local "HOT SPOT" using tethering.

I had been using an VERIZON AIR CARD plugged into one of my computers allowing me to use the Internet. Then when I added a couple more devices I was out of luck with the AIR CARD. It only worked on the one computer it was plugged into.

Then I figured out I could plug my VERIZON AIR CARD into a remote ROUTER that also had wireless ports and then be able to use all of my devices to get on the internet through the wireless router ports.

Then I finally changed my old cell phone over to the MOTOROLA DROID X and was hoping I could drop my VERIZON AIR CARD and use the DROID X to tether to my WIFI enabled devices. When I found out my DROID X didn't support tether then I went to VERIZON and asked how I could do this.

Their offical answer was I could not do this using the DROID on their account.

Then the guy said there is a way but is not condoned by VERIZON insinuating it would be illegal in their eyes if I went this route. I Was told to download the PDANET app and that would solve my problem. Then I asked them to download the APP and load it for me etc... Got back a big SORRY we can't do that...

Being the honest person I am I figured this was something illegal and I should stay away from it. I think the PDANET also required a couple of simple ROOT CHARGES in the cell phone software.

This is when I then added the VERIZON MIFI UNIT to my account which at that time was just $5 more dollars a month from what I was paying for the AIR CARD add-on. Gave me more DATA and was a stand alone unit.

Been using my VERIZON 3GB DATAPLAN MIFI unit ever since.

I still run into situations where having my cellphone become a HOT SPOT would be a great idea as the cell phone is always with me...

This is the first I have heard of the FOXFI... (haven't been looking)

It sounds like this does not require any ROOTING and my DROID X is on the list of cell phones the FOXFI will work with. The only thing left for consideration now is it legal to use through my DROID X cellphone on VERIZON...

I have a feeling it is one of those quasi-illegal things folks do until they get caught...

I would like to tether my two tablets when I am on the road listening to my INTERNET POLICE RADIO SCANNER frequencies using my android RADIO SCANNER APP. My VERIZON MIFI works very well doing this but eats up my 3GB dataplan. My cellphone has unlimited data to use but only will listen to ONE POLICE FREQUENCY.

Too many toys and not enough WIFI signals available haha...

Roy Ken

96Bounder30E wrote:
I bought my wife a used Verizon Galaxy S4 (Unlimited data plan) that already had been updated to Android 4.4.2.......when I added Foxfi it makes me add a pin lock...which is annoying!


Is there a way to remove the pin lock like one could on 4.2.2?...Or is this Verizons latest attempt foil Foxfi users?

Blame Google - it's not Verizon's fault exactly.

To bypass Verizon's entitlement servers, Foxfi creates an encrypted connection (VPN) to some over-seas server... this is what turns on the wireless hot spot feature. To enable encryption on the phone, Android makes you choose a stronger lock, such as pin code.

There's no way around it on your phone if you want to continue to cheat Verizon's entitlement server.

A few solutions:

1) Buy a JetPack off Ebay or Craigslist and move the chip from your phone to the JetPack

2) Root your phone and disable the Verizon wireless hotspot app, and load the native Google app instead. The Google app doesn't need an entitlement server, so you don't need FoxFi to cheat

3) Consider the pin code lock as your friend; an unlocked cell phone is a real liability. You'll get used to putting in the code pretty quickly. Make sure you set it to randomize the numbers, so you are not typing the pin code over and over on the same portion of the screen.

If you have an unlimited data plan, why do you need foxfi?