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No, I don't believe a guide exists for that

Most likely the APN needs to be set. Also make sure to remove the SIM before charging IMEI because that could suspend service

​@developer-of-things I've set the apn, and it's saved. the sim works and gets data even on a phone it not registered to it is a Verizon unlimited 5g sim and ive tried a metro plan since t-mobile is the main provider in my area and still the same issue could the isp be seeing thats its a hotspot and not a phone some other way besides IMEI

@@dj13579100 for 5G the IMEI should be the only number used to identify the device.

I don't think so, most carrier hotspots are too locked down to make the needed changes.

I would guess so but it would depend on what TTL and APN carriers there are expecting. Try it out and let me know if it works.

Usually if 4G and 5G connectivity is the issue, I would point to location, the SIM card, or the APN. Probably just make sure that your Android phones APN settings match the router. If you have an iPhone then you might have to find an android to insert the SIM in to read the APN data. I haven't had luck on iPhone with most carriers viewing the APN settings page since it is usually blocked.

@@developer-of-things I already got the right apn settings and no 5g . I looked online and a few people are having this issue hope someone finds a solution! Would love the 700 mbs I get on my phone 5G on cricket

Even with root access the Pixel is a hard one to get working. Mostly because of the TTL changer apps not working on Pixel phones. Then there is the issue of if you can edit your APN type to include 'dun' it's pretty common nowadays for that to be locked. You might be better off picking up a MUDI V2 hotspot if you want easy unlimited hotspot usage of your unlimited plan.

The GL iNet Spitz AX GLX3000 worked about as well as my phone did on Visible. I'm still waiting on a good OpenWRT based portable 5G hotspot option to be available in the market.

I added three AT commands to the script that enable telnet. Once the script unlocks engineering mode these three lines run enabling telnet tn.write(b"AT!TELEN=1 ") tn.write(b"AT!CUSTOM=\"RDENABLE\", 1 ") tn.write(b"AT!CUSTOM=\"TELNETENABLE\", 1 ")

@@developer-of-things Thanks for the quick response 🙏 Do you know how I could find an older firmware version? Where did you find these AT commands documented? Do you have some idea what causes your process to fail on the newest firmware? I see many people saying the same thing. It appears to work until it reboots, but it does not flash the new IMEI and the telnet service is not listening.

@@Lost-s5j Firmware is no longer provided by Netgear for manual updating, it's all OTA updates now. I don't have the Nighthawk hotspots anymore so I can't test the script to find out where it's failing. The AT commands I was able to find by doing a PDF file type search on Google with search terms for the modem chipset in the Nighthawk hotspots.

Probably a patched firmware version. I no longer have Nighthawk hotspots so I can't test to update the script anymore.

I keep it up to date, the current version is V4.4.9 and it usually runs very stable with the exception of if you always run a VPN on it. Sometimes running a VPN can cause interruptions in connectivity.

AT&T for carrier

Yes it could be possible as I've run an unlimited tablet data plan on the Nighthawk M6 for a long time but it seems this hasn't worked for some other people after an update so it looks like this does get patched at some point. I would say GL inet cellular routers would be your best bet for a simple setup with an unlimited data plan.

You have to set the APN also. That's usually the reason for no internet.

It has to be unique, not used by another phone on the same network. Not sure if you could use it on other carrier's network

If your laptop is going to have the SIM card inserted then the process might look something like sending an AT command to the modem (4g module) to set the IMEI number, you would also have to set the TTL to 64 on the laptop, and likely set the APN type to include 'dun' On the router whether you tether wired or wirelessly you would set the TTL to 65. You would have to find the way to do this but this is basically what you have to do.

@@developer-of-things I ordered the MUDI V2 . I'm hoping with your video that explains this I can do it. I'll still use my Note 10+ as the dummy IMEI, this phone will not be used on my carrier once I remove the sim after carrier activation. I'll slip that activated sim into my MUDI V2, update IMEI/TTL/apn and from there I should have the unlimited hotspot. I'll follow up later once it's all set up. Thanks again

@@sammythebull2240 any issues with the setup?

@@developer-of-things none. It works flawlessly, I used a SIM that was for my active tablet, changed the IMEI of the MUDI V2 to the same as the tablet attached to my account. I used it 72 hrs straight steaming video to 2 TVs and 3 other devices were active the same time. Not one issue 😁🫡 I also did the TTL and other settings you mentioned. We would be best friends if we lived closer. I used to root phones and change codes in the binary settings to get unlimited hotspot. That what made me start looking again. That was 10+ years ago. I needed to see where guys like you were with this kind of thing and found your page. Thanks a lot Also this was in the sticks at a campground that's why I had so many devices for 72 hours. This thing powered the Internet for my family and our 35 foot camper

@@developer-of-things hey I thought I replied to this but I can't find my reply so I'll explain again to be safe : Your instructions worked flawlessly. The whole reason I needed this to work is bc I'm going to be doing a lot of traveling with my family. We have a 35' camper with smart TVs and devices throughout. This ran perfect the whole 72 hrs I needed it to. We were somewhat remote too in a cornfield town campground. I put relatively extreme demand on it and can't be happier. I went on to tell you in my other reply that I used to change code in my rooted phones to trick my carrier into believing that it was my activated device using data while I was actually using the hotspot feature of the phone and accumulating zero gigs used with hot spot on. That was 10+ years ago before banks stopped letting rooted devices access banking apps. A lot of services cracked down on that so I can't have a rooted device as a business owner who needs access to banks apps regularly. If we were from the same town we would be best friends Im sure bc you seem like the same kinda cat. 😁🫡 Thanks again. I'll be a subscriber forgive typos

Most likely DC unlocker and this script have the same issue. I assume the keygen used is updated with the new firmware. Either a new keygen will have to be reverse engineered for this device or leaked from Netgear to unlock engineering mode on the router. I would say just return it and for now go with something like the MUDI V2 hotspot. I have a video on that and it's easy to set up for unlimited hotspot.

The methods to getting unlimited hotspot on a phone is frequently changing also currently all methods using a phone require recurring setup so it doesn't really make a "set it and forget it" way to get unlimited hotspot. I find the best way to go for such a setup is to get a $150 MUDI V2 hotspot and pair it with an unlimited data plan. I made a video on how to configure it and afterwards it is a portable unlimited hotspot solution. At this moment I'm not following other methods.

Just ordered this MUDI V2, I'm going to add a line to my T-Mobile business plan, mod the IMEI to mimic the phone I tell T-MOBILE the sim is for, then unlimited hotspot ? 😅 I'll rewatch the video but I hope this is close to summing it up.

@@sammythebull2240 you just need an unlimited data plan for phone or tablet. Then just make sure the IMEI on the router is for a phone or tablet. Usually I just bring a spare phone into the store to get it activated with a physical SIM that I could transfer.

It might still work for you as it worked with the Nighthawks I had but other people were not able to get this going. I'm not sure about the details of the update that is giving people issues but I had some calls with some people and I could see that it wasn't working for other people even on the same models I had following the same process.

I believe an update came out that messed with the process. It worked on my Nighthawks without issues but when I setup meeting with people in the past it was hit or miss if it would work for their Nighthawks. I did stop updating the m6restore repository since I sold my Nighthawk hotspots. I sold my Nighthawks in favor of getting the MUDI V2 hotspot and the Spitz X3000 home router. Both I have been running on ATT and are very straight forward to get running with unlimited hotspot. I made videos on them if you are looking for an easier way to get started that won't likely be blocked.

Yeah on a phone you just need to set the TTL and APN settings. This video is a starting place to understand what needs to be done, the rest of the video just touches on other methods to consider since most likely your phone will have some restrictions on it preventing you from setting up unlimited hotspot.

oh I just saw your video on the m6, I'll take the gamble and see if I can use your tool on it

I've been thinking about doing this mod as I have seen it improves the signal quality

Depends on what you're trying to achieve. Just changing the IMEI won't give unlimited hotspot data. If you're trying to change it for some other reason such as being grandfathered in on a specific device then you could stop at the part of changing the IMEI.

The same way as on Mac but you need to install the dependencies. I wrote a script for Windows that does most of the setup including installing the dependencies needed. That script is on the develop branch of the m6restore repository. You could start by running that script and then try to complete the process manually after the dependencies are installed by the script.

If you have a cellular router then the TTL would be 64 if you are using something like the mango to repeat WiFi which would be a another packet hop then you would have to use TTL of 65. Mint might not be ideal because I don't think they offer truly unlimited data without data caps with throttling. Also APN type should contain 'dun' and IMEI should be of a phone instead of hotspot.

Using TB over cellular might not be a sustainable plan to rely on, probably would get service terminated if I had to guess. And yes VPN does help prevent throttling of streaming data but slows top speeds. Id say start with Mulvad VPN on the iNet router if it's available. It's a cheap, fast, and easy to setup option that covers all data that passes through the router.

Depends on what SIM card you have. You could pop it into an Android phone and navigate to "Access Point Names" in settings and screenshot the APN details. Or you could Google search and try those options until Internet is established. I have a newer SIM that uses NXTGENPHONE

Well the points that I mentioned in the video are the most important things, I have another video about the Spitz ax GL- X3000 which is another Cellular router from GL iNet that I went more into detail with and if you watch that video a lot of it applies to the MUDI V2 also. Some of the stuff I learned on Google other stuff was trial and error.

You would use a phone IMEI. Otherwise it will appear on your account as a BYOD router once you insert the SIM card and data will count against your hotspot data allocation.

@@developer-of-things i got it working thanks for the video not all hero's wear capes

You just need some IMEI of a phone that you know will not be used in the same cellar network simultaneously by two devices. It could be a spare phone or unique IMEI number that you can obtain and be sure it will not be used somewhere else.

@@developer-of-things What about using a 5g tablet from at&t. If I use the IMEI # from the tablet. What APN name should be used Broadband or nrbroadband? The Samsung tablet is set to nrbroadband. Thanks

@@JoseGutierrez-qd3xj It sounds like your SIM card from the tablet requires nrbroadband, your SIM card determines the APN name to use

@@developer-of-things nrbroadband works great. Thank you!

On some Nighthawks yes, but on others no. I believe it's due to a software update.

try to install the VPN on the router

The three things you need are a phone IMEI, correct APN for SIM card also ensuring to set 'dun' in the APN type field in addition to any other comma separated values that are there. Third your TTL should be set to 64 on the router. A point worth noting is this might not work on some software versions on the Nighthawk routers as I've seen people have issues doing the exact same thing that I'm doing.

A 4G IMEI using 5G would likely raise some red flags to the carrier potentially leading to account suspension, I'm not sure if the carrier would even allow connection.

It is unlimited devices, the single hotspot connected device is only enforced on the phone. And yes you likely would need to apply the APN settings after re-inserting the SIM card.

Not if you intend to configure it for unlimited data. It seems some of them have been patched from modification. It's a gamble if the one you get works with the script I provided. If you need the portability of a hotspot and don't mind using 4G speeds (usually around 10 Mbps) you could get the GL iNet MUDI V2. That is what I currently use and I made a video about it.

It looks like that 5G module uses MHF 7S receptacles / connectors for the millimeter wave antenna along with 4 other receptacles, I was not able to find a mmwave antenna with that connector but I guess you would need that antenna and a device with PCIe Gen 3 driver support for that module. If you're running Linux or Windows it looks like there are drivers for that module. It would definitely be a project but you might be able to build your own router from a computer with the slot. I'm not sure if there is a cellular router on the market with mmwave support and PCIe Gen 3 module support.

In the APN configuration you would need to add 'dun' to the "APN type" there's a chance T-Mobile and or Samsung might prevent this value from being added to the APN but it's worth a try. Besides that if you're setting the TTL on your computer using your phone as a hotspot you would just need to set your TTL to 65 on the computer. That would be all you would need. If you can't set the APN value, you can still get unlimited hotspot but you may have to use PairVPN to tether the two devices. That would remove hotspot data restrictions but would limit you to pairing only one device at a time.

@developer-of-things so if I'm using the cmd process ii would not need to use the apn or vpn? Or do u still suggest using a vpn? If I had to use a vpn my speed will dramatically decrease.

@@iTzJOHnNyY With Verizon I believe you could do only the CMD command and be fine. With ATT and T-Mobile you would need the APN type to contain 'dun' in addition to the CMD command.

Thanks for the correction, typing would definitely help with formatting issues when copy and paste doesn't work.

I did and I’m still getting error???

@@lancebittiker3486 i was having so many errors until i figured out i was using the wrong type of quotation marks, they’re super hard to tell apart

A lot of people have issues with it now, it seems Netgear must have released an update patching it from making changes in the process. I no longer have the Nighthawk hotspots to test and update the script. Now I use GL iNet routers and hotspot because they are much easier to setup. If anyone wants to still try to fork the m6restore repository and update the code I left on GitHub I would accept updates but I can't test them anymore.

​@@developer-of-thingsI can send you mine :)

There are instructions in the README.md file in the git repository, as long as telnet / port 23 is open you can edit the apns.xml here vi ./mnt/userrw/ntgnv/apns.xml I also have an apns_builder.html page in the repo that can help with building the apn entries