how to activate hotspot feature on bold 9900 with at&t?

**hockey141997** · 05-22-2012, 02:08 PM

when i try to activate the hotspot feature on my bold 9900 with at&t it says my account is not active to use it. Is there any sort of work around this problem? It would be very useful?
Thanks

**juanitaspanks** · 05-22-2012, 07:29 PM

Are you on 7.1.0.267?

**veritas_vincit** · 05-22-2012, 07:46 PM

Also, you need to have the tethering service with them as well.

**Rootbrian** · 05-23-2012, 01:32 AM

When AT&T cracks down, there isn't a way around it, even if swapping older CODs.

**manofice1** · 05-25-2012, 07:48 AM

Installed .402 on a ATT device, is the only way to get hotspot working to add a tethering service?
I enabled a tethering plan on the phone and still doesn't work, I wonder it there is a special hotspot feature

**TJBB1** · 05-25-2012, 06:20 PM

Originally Posted by juanitaspanks

Are you on 7.1.0.267?

Yep mobile hotspot works for me with 7.1.0.267 on AT&T 9900. It wasn't working when I was using 7.1.0.391 though.

**shanester** · 05-27-2012, 03:48 PM

.267 works but a tethering plan is not required.

**blackberry-unlocking710** · 05-28-2012, 04:41 AM

Have you tried contacting AT&T? i would like to know what they offered you to do..

**palomartian** · 05-28-2012, 11:18 AM

Originally Posted by blackberry-unlocking710

Have you tried contacting AT&T? i would like to know what they offered you to do..

Oh please. Really? What part of "go away you can't have any" would be made more enlightening by knowing the words ATT put into the rep's script?

**TJBB1** · 05-28-2012, 05:58 PM

Originally Posted by palomartian

Oh please. Really? What part of "go away you can't have any" would be made more enlightening by knowing the words ATT put into the rep's script?

LOL! Really. AT&T sucks. The only reason I'm still there is because I'm a sucker for premature upgrades and find myself suckered into another 2 year contract. Just install .267 and enjoy both mobile hotspot and NFC which AT&T prefers not to offer us.

Tony

**setasai** · 05-29-2012, 02:47 AM

Anybody care enough to make a cod list from .267 that enables tethering? I'd appreciate it and I'm sure several others would as well.

**palomartian** · 05-29-2012, 10:17 AM

Why not just run 267? Seriously. What exactly, to the feature, is gained with a different number at the end of the OS version?

**That70sGAdawg** · 05-29-2012, 11:52 AM

Originally Posted by palomartian

Why not just run 267? Seriously. What exactly, to the feature, is gained with a different number at the end of the OS version?

Because .267 has an audio drop in calls issue on AT&T.... (at least this is the case on my 9900, some other builds like .391 don't have the audio issue- but disable hotspot). AT&T will clearly be the LAST carrier to release a 7.1 version.

**manofice1** · 05-29-2012, 12:41 PM

I enabled a tethering plan for one of my users but still says hotspot is blocked running on .402

looks like i'll roll back to the unlimited enterprise plan and install .267

**offthahorseceo** · 05-29-2012, 01:05 PM

WHOA!

i installed .267 to get hotspot and was very disappointed to get the "you need a tether plan" msg. I gave up on it for a long time.

Recently, i traveled to italy and was playing with the apn settings to get internet/BIS to work with Vodafone.IT, i finally settled on blackberry.net

I am now home, and was reading this thread, saw the mention of .267 working with tethering. I pressed alt+shift+h to see my version and saw .267. said to myself "yea right, works for everyone but me...". Dont know why, but i tried to turn the hotspot on, and it WORKED!

For those who cant get it to work on .267 try changing your apn to blackberry.net

also, anyone on a different version try the same thing and report back please

**CrackBerryDoctor** · 05-29-2012, 03:53 PM

Installing now...Will post results.

**TJBB1** · 05-29-2012, 05:31 PM

Originally Posted by That70sGAdawg

Because .267 has an audio drop in calls issue on AT&T.... (at least this is the case on my 9900, some other builds like .391 don't have the audio issue- but disable hotspot). AT&T will clearly be the LAST carrier to release a 7.1 version.

I haven't had any audio issues on my AT&T 9900 running .267 but I did a fresh install and started from scratch. Actually I have not noticed any bugs at all and it is running perfectly. I wouldn't wait for AT&T's official release because they would try to to find a way to remove hotspot and NFC anyway. In fact, if AT&T releases their own version of 7.1, I wouldn't even download it. I am using .267 for Telus download and I am extremely happy. For anybody experiencing audio drops try a fresh install and see if it helps.

**palomartian** · 05-29-2012, 10:57 PM

Originally Posted by That70sGAdawg

Because .267 has an audio drop in calls issue on AT&T.... (at least this is the case on my 9900, some other builds like .391 don't have the audio issue- but disable hotspot). AT&T will clearly be the LAST carrier to release a 7.1 version.

I have no such issue. Try reloading it.

**CrackBerryDoctor** · 05-30-2012, 04:42 PM

Mobile hostspot doesn't work on AT&T on .267

It says: Activation Required

**drew8484** · 05-30-2012, 04:56 PM

Originally Posted by CrackBerryDoctor

Mobile hostspot doesn't work on AT&T on .267

It says: Activation Required

I've been using it for months with ATT & .267. And by the replies in this thread I'd say others are as well.

**CrackBerryDoctor** · 05-30-2012, 06:00 PM

Originally Posted by drew8484

I've been using it for months with ATT & .267. And by the replies in this thread I'd say others are as well.

Did you do anything special to enable it? Push any specific cods?

**drew8484** · 05-30-2012, 06:20 PM

Originally Posted by CrackBerryDoctor

Did you do anything special to enable it? Push any specific cods?

Nothing special. I've tried some of the later leaks, but none allowed hotspot. Always came back to .267.

**TJBB1** · 05-30-2012, 09:26 PM

Nothing special here either. Just installed .267 and it works. I also will only use this build for the hotspot feature alone. Try a clean install and start from scratch. That should do it.

**setasai** · 06-01-2012, 03:55 AM

Still couldnt hurt to have the COD files listed. I get it. Just use .267 but if for no other reason, I dont want to and I want to do the merge.

Soooooo I'll ask again... if anybody knows the list of COD files for Hotspot tethering, please list them. Thanks.

**TarekElsakka** · 06-01-2012, 07:22 AM

I am not with AT&T, I'm with Orange Mobile Egypt (Mobinil) and the HotSpot feature on my 9900 worked just fine from the first try. I'm guessing it's a network issue with AT&T. I assume you already know that, but tethering actually costs a lot of money so I guess you should contact AT&T about it before actually using it.