WiFi Hotspot Not working [Fix]

When your home WiFi or the dongle decides to stop working, you have to use your phone's WiFi hotspot or USB tethering. And it sucks when they don't work either. This is how to get it fixed.

Google made a change in Android 4.4 which allows operators to know when users are using tethering and conveniently block tethered devices from accessing internet.

This can be fixed permanently using the following procedure. Root access is not required.



1. Enable developer mode (Go to Settings -> About phone, and click on the build number until the developer mode is enabled).

2. Enable USB debugging under Settings -> Developer options

3. Connect the device with a USB cable to a computer with the Android SDK platform tools installed

4. Start an adb shell by typing adb shell (without quotes because there aren't any.)

5. In the adb shell, run this command: settings put global tether_dun_required 0

(Remember to turn on mobile data when using hotspot or tethering.)


Done! 
Now hotspot and tethering should work perfectly.



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