Contributor
•
3 Messages
AT&T Hotspot block
Hi,
i am not an AT&T client. I recently bought an Unlocked ATT HTC one M8 from ebay.
I cannot open my hotspot settings as it is blocked by ATT.
In my country and with my carrier, I dont need any special payment program to use the hotspot service.
any idea how I can unlock it?
kdfederer
ACE - Expert
•
13.2K Messages
10 years ago
All device unlocks must go through the unlock portal. It will be unlocked if it meets AT&T unlock requirements.
AT&T unlock portal
0
0
MishuMashu
Contributor
•
3 Messages
10 years ago
Thanks. I have submitted a request and sent my receipt in 3 days ago with
no reply.
Will this portal unlock my hotspot. Because I'm already unlocked for use
with other carriers, it's just the hotspot that isn't working..
0
0
johninsj
Professor
•
3.1K Messages
10 years ago
Actually if your device is already sim-unlocked (and it sounds like it is) then the issue with the hotspot is one of the firmware on the phone. That is still AT&T specific firmware, and the hotspot feature will not work on other carriers.
You would need to root the device, install a custom boot loader, and then flash a custom rom that isn't locked to AT&T. Use google to search for
HTC one M8 at&T custom rom
And start reading up. And seriously people, if you want an iternational unlocked phone, you should be buying unbranded phones! Even if the phone is sim-unlocked a carrier-branded phone has a carrier specific rom, and (as you can see here) that may cause problems when using the phone on another carrier!
0
0
MishuMashu
Contributor
•
3 Messages
10 years ago
mean, you pay for the data, so why charge extra??
No carrier in my country does that.
Anyway, installing a custom Rom would be problematic - I am S-On and I
can't have a rooted phone- I won't be able to receive emails from work.
But it's only logical that there IS a way to unlock that option - if I was
an AT&T client paying for data they WOULD have opened it for me, right?
0
0
jts
Scholar
•
89 Messages
10 years ago
I think everyone is talking about the Mobile Hotspot feature whereby your phone becomes a WiFi hotspot and uses its mobile data connection as the source of data. (Or are we talking about using the phone's WiFi to connect to an AT&T or non-AT&T WiFi Hotspot located in a public location?)
Assuming the former... Here in the US on AT&T, I noticed that when I enable the Mobile Hotspot (MH), it first quickly connects to AT&T to verify I'm allowed to use the Mobile Hotspot feature. I guess in other countries, the phone can't complete that verification step and thus you can't use the MH feature. You should be able to, but you can't, unfortunately.
0
0