The Note 3 should be on Kit Kat any day now, though. We do not have a solution for other models so please stay with USB/Bluetooth mode for now.” The Galaxy S5 and S4 now have Kit Kat on Big Red, but the Note 3 and Note 2 are still hanging without it. That includes Galaxy S5/S4/S3 and Note 4/3/2. The update claims that “WiFi mode is now supported on Verizon Samsung phones updated to Android 4.4 (KitKat). Thankfully, an update released last night brings back WiFi tethering to many of Verizon’s Samsung devices, assuming they are running Kit Kat (Android 4.4+). FoxFi has long been one of the most popular, but even it has struggled to keep up with spoofing or working around Big Red’s behind-the-scenes subscription authentication model. Read more here.Over the years, we have seen WiFi tethering apps come and go as carriers like Verizon have tried their hardest to kill off their working existence, especially for those of us who maintain unlimited data packages. UPDATE 11/21/15: Verizon seems to have killed FoxFi for the time being. They now include it because your shared data plan has a limit that they would love for you to eclipse, so that they can charge you an arm and a leg in overages for. The need for tethering apps has diminished over the years, mostly because carriers now include hotspot for free with their shared/tiered data plans. It was a complete, double-dipping scam by carriers. Carriers used to like to charge you a single price for your data package, but then limit you on the uses for that data package. Before shared data, you used to have to buy a data plan to use with your phone, but then buy a separate plan if you wanted to use that data connection to give data to other devices. By setting your phone up as a hotspot, you can give things like a computer or tablet internet access from anywhere in the world. To get around Verizon’s attempts to block free tethering, trickery is almost certainly involved on some level, so understand what you are getting yourself into.įor those new to WiFi tethering, just understand that apps like FoxFi are a way for you to fully use the data connection you already pay your carrier handsomely for. Keep in mind that in order to use the WiFi hotspot feature, you have to trust in FoxFi, because it opens a VPN connection and installs a certificate. The developer didn’t specify if that includes the One (M8), but I would imagine that it does. Today, a new update makes the same feature available to HTC phones on Verizon’s network, including the DROID DNA and HTC One. Back at the end of April, popular WiFi tethering app, FoxFi, received an update that brought back WiFi hotspot abilities to non-rooted Samsung phones on Verizon.

New phones compatible with foxfi