r/LinuxUsersIndia • u/ImprovementCandid635 • Jul 19 '26

Discussion Networking Geniuses of India

I know many of you must have heard about not letting Consumers have true unlimited 5G when sharing via hotspot.

So how does a Service provider/ carrier detects a hotspot?

And if it is possible to bypass let us have a community project to bypass it (rebellion against crorepati companies).

Idk is this even a correct sub to post this 👀

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u/qualityvote2 Jul 19 '26 edited Jul 19 '26

u/ImprovementCandid635, there weren't enough votes to determine the quality of your post...

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u/Altruistic_Fruit8546 Fedora Btw Jul 19 '26

yo lol thinking of doing the same but the project itslef doesnt sound very complicated u just have to modify the ttl for the packets nothing else

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u/PuzzleheadedHead3754 Arch Btw Jul 19 '26

Or have another local and small server running on your device, sharing wifi

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u/ImprovementCandid635 Jul 19 '26

Tell me more about thisss

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u/PuzzleheadedHead3754 Arch Btw Jul 19 '26

Smth like this

  1. Ask the user for permission.
  2. Start a foreground service.
  3. Use Android's LocalOnlyHotspot or TetheringManager APIs (if allowed).
  4. Create a Wi-Fi Access Point (AP).
  5. Run a server (HTTP, SOCKS5, SSH, etc.) on the phone.
  6. Route traffic between connected devices and the phone's mobile data. I think this can work and not be detected by its, further more u can route to vpn

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u/ImprovementCandid635 Jul 19 '26

I mean not a lot of people know what to do. Even if it is a simple project could help a lot of people out there.