For more detail and steps to remove screen lock please visit. *To get around lockdowns on WiFi mode FoxFi may prompt you to install a certificate on your phone, this will cause the Android system to enforce a screen lock and show a security message in notification. For all other phones, use USB mode or Bluetooth mode instead. Straight Talk phones will only work if it uses Verizon and are compatible with the above. Other carriers/phones will only work if they still have Android 4.0 or below. AT&T Samsung phones will only work on Android 4.2 or below. Verizon Motorola phones will only work on Android 4.3 or below. Verizon HTC phones (M7/8) will only work on Android 4.1 ~ 4.4. Verizon Samsung phones (S3/4/5/6/7/Edge, Note 2/3/4/5 etc.), Verizon LG phones (V10, G2/3/4/5 etc.) and Verizon Sony phones (Z2/Z3) are supported by Android versions up to Android 6.0/6.1. Android 7.0 (Nougat) or later no longer allows WiFi mode even for Verizon phones. Please refer to PdaNet instead for alternative solutions.ĭue to lockdowns through each phone system update, the old WiFi mode will only be allowed on a short list of compatible devices. Use this feature if you are no longer able to turn on WiFi Hotspot, or if your WiFi Hotspot usage is being metered when you already have an unlimited data plan.Īndroid 7.0 (Nougat) or later no longer allows the old WiFi Hotspot mode even for Verizon phones. However unlike the old WiFi Hotspot, it will require you to either install PdaNet on the connecting computers/tablets or set up proxy settings. This new WiFi Direct feature in PdaNet 5 allows you to connect WiFi mode from computers or tablets. If the legacy FoxFi feature still works for your phone, it is still the best solution for sharing phone Internet since there is no limit on what kind of devices you can connect. The legacy WiFi Hotspot solution remains in FoxFi. I have an application on my pc that works with my wireless usb to monitor wireless networks.A new WiFi Direct solution (free update) is now added to PdaNet for connecting computers or tablets in addition to USB tether. While your pc is trying to connect, you're going to have to refresh your IP address. This allows the Foxfi app to finish pulling up and set up a hotspot.ĥ. Start Foxfi, then immediately pull up the built in hotspot app and turn it on. Change your hotspot name and set a password.Ĥ. Make sure your wifi is turned on and that it doesn't connect to anything.ģ. (it's likely gonna fail, but that's okay)Ģ. Start Foxfi and accept the vpn security thing.

Today I downloaded the update and fought with the app for hours before I finally found a work around.ġ. I am an owner of the Stratosphere 2 and I've been dying from not having my Foxfi.

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