Nexus 6P on Cricket, hotspot is blocked

[dstephe9]

This is a bummer.. Upgraded to a Nexus 6P unlocked from the factory and hotspot is still blocked

I wanted to give all a heads up!

 

[Deleted User]

This is a bummer.. Upgraded to a Nexus 6P unlocked from the factory and hotspot is still blocked

I wanted to give all a heads up!

You can try adding mobile hotspot from Cricket for $10/month, it might work on the Google Nexus 6P by Huawei.

 

[DonB]

This is a bummer.. Upgraded to a Nexus 6P unlocked from the factory and hotspot is still blocked

I wanted to give all a heads up!

I'll have to try my new Moto X Pure Edition and see.

 

[dstephe9]

You can try adding mobile hotspot from Cricket for $10/month, it might work on the Google Nexus 6P by Huawei.

Nope it isn't an approved phone for it.. I'd gladly pay for it if it would let me lol

Let me know how the moto pure does, I heard it was also blocked on it from a friend.. Haven't tried it myself though

 

[bcrichster]

Have you tried WiFi Tether Router by Fabio Grassi?

 

[DonB]

Have you tried WiFi Tether Router by Fabio Grassi?

I believe this app requires root.

 

[dstephe9]

Most tether apps do, I havent rooted yet not sure if I will.. I always say that and end up rooting lol.

But me using Android Pay more often now, rooting causes problems..

I'll be sure to try it when I root if I do

 

[DonB]

Yep I know, there are a few that don't just wanted to make sure you know that app does

I tried on my Moto X Pure Edition, tether did not work

 

[dstephe9]

Bummer! Those are factory unlocked as well guess they have figured out ways to block them! Lol

I guess I might end up rooting after all. I just hate having to turn superuser off to add new cards to Android Pay and I have also found that it sometimes doesn't work in some stores if SU is turned on. (Most it does though) ha-ha

And with nexus there really isn't much need to root BUT I would be it is even blocked via unrooted... I know my Moto G was.

 

[dstephe9]

So everyone take this as a warning, if you WiFi hotspot and get a new unlocked phone it may not work.. So if you need hotspot stick with your old phone or buy a crappy Cricket phone that supports it lol

 

[Gmash]

Greedy bastards, charging $10 to use the data you already paid for. Go to hell, Cricket/AT&T. Probably another reason they're making phones harder and harder to root.

 

[AZgl1500]

Greedy bastards, charging $10 to use the data you already paid for. Go to hell, Cricket/AT&T. Probably another reason they're making phones harder and harder to root.

I agree, we have already PAID for the data, there is no valid reason to charge for turning on Hotspot.
DATA is DATA regardless of how it gets used.

 

[Gmash]

I agree, we have already PAID for the data, there is no valid reason to charge for turning on Hotspot.
DATA is DATA regardless of how it gets used.

I could understand blocking tethering on a true unlimited plan because people will likely use a lot more data tethering their laptop to watch Netflix or whatever, but if you're paying for 5 or 10 GB it shouldn't matter how you use it. Anyone trying to tether to a throttled phone isn't going to accomplish anything useful at 2G speeds.

 

[dstephe9]

I'm just upset that it's limited to their crappy lower end phones they won't even let you buy their Cricket IPhone for tethering lol

 

[Gmash]

It'll come to their better phones in the future, they're not going to update existing phones to include it. I guess I can't blame them if they can get away with it. It's 100% free money for Cricket.

 

[dstephe9]

But the thing is,there really isn't anything to update.. Just let us use the native apps on our phone and charge us for it.. They know when we try and use those apps BC it tells us to call AT&T..

I haven't tried hotspot on a supported phone, but is imagine there is a Cricket tether app or something and its not using the native tether

 

[DonB]

I myself use the native app in the phone, I have not tried any Cricket apps or 3rd party apps, so if you do try others let us know. I assume if the native app would not work, that the 3rd party apps would have the same result.