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I have an old (Galaxy S1-class) phone running a custom ICS ROM. It has a pay-as-you-go mobile SIM without data.

I also have a bunch of kids with iPads that want to play Minecraft together. As far as I can tell, I can't get the iPad to make an ad-hoc wifi network on its own. If I had mobile data, I could turn on the Mobile Hotspot feature, connect all the iPads to the phone. I think if I did this now, though, my SIM would be charged for any stray Internet requests that are accidentally made.

Is there a simple way to do this?

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'adb shell setprop SimCheck.disable 1'

This will disable sim check while turning on WiFi tethering.

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    Is there an equivalent syntax from the Terminal Emulator on the phone itself? (I don't have a computer handy at the moment, but I do have Terminal Emulator)
    – James B
    Aug 23, 2013 at 8:49
  • Also! Would I have to take the SIM out to make sure it doesn't try to charge for data? Right now I just set the "mobile data" switch to OFF.
    – James B
    Aug 23, 2013 at 8:51
  • can't you enter this command in terminal emulator.?are you able to turn on tethering with mobile data off?
    – Rilwan
    Aug 23, 2013 at 9:54
  • I was sure it wouldn't work, but I was able to turn off wi-fi, turn off mobile data, then turn on the hotspot. Thanks, @Rilwan! (Do you maybe want to make a separate answer for that, then I can accept it?)
    – James B
    Aug 24, 2013 at 12:26
  • @james: which way you enable tethering now? simcheck disable or turn off mobiledata & Wifi then turn on tethering? By default turning on tethering should disable WiFi. So i thought just turning off mobiledata should be enough for you. Thanks anyway!
    – Rilwan
    Aug 26, 2013 at 6:00

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