many of the users claim very little usage. I have read many posts where the user had recently downloaded or changed their tethering software and then got the warning. I will put MAC spoofing software on my laptop and just use my phone's MAC.Ī look through hundreds of previous posts on various forums seems to support my theory of these triggers. If they dont do some kind of MAC spoofing or stripping then I suspect this is one thing that can be done to further secure from getting these warnings from ATT.
I dont remember what the setting I had on PDA net for hiding, but if I remember right it was pretty high (1 or 2). In my case the combo of downloading pdanet and high data usage were the triggers, then they looked through my data history and saw another device requesting data. My speculation is this: ATT has variables that trigger further investigation, once triggered they send a letter and look for more proof. It is the only address that could be transmitted that would identify network traffic belonging to a different device. I believe this to mean they are doing MAC address monitoring. I called ATT and the rep verified they knew I had downloaded a tethering app, and that they looked at my account and could see a device with a "hardware number" not matching my phone was using data. It appears to me that the downloading of the app sent up a red flag, then they looked at my data usage which is extremely high (8-10gb a month). This leads me to believe a few things are what triggers the letter. I have not used pdanet since getting the new phone, but i got the letter anyway. I had the phone replaced and reinstalled all of my apps. My original S4 had a few issues with it telling me the SIM card was removed randomly, then one day it just died and wouldnt come back on. If I hit OK on the warning then wifi tethering is disabled, but wired or bluetooth work (sadly my laptop does not have built-in bluetooth, but my tablet works). I had the apps installed on both my Xperia play and my S3 previously, but on the S4 I get a warning on the phone that ATT wants me to have a tethering plan. I usually get the data usage warning about halfway through my month.Ī few things have happened recently that lead me to believe they cant actually detect the tethering, but suspect it. I have been doing a lot of streaming (netflix, iheartradio, etc.) all day long, while at work.
So a few weeks ago I got the dreaded letter and text from ATT about forcing me over to a tethering plan because they had detected tethering on my account.Īdmittedly, I do have PDAnet and foxfi installed, but I rarely use it, not enough to warrant them sending the threatening letter.
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