Features of VPN Hotspot

This app is useful for:

• Connecting things that don't support VPN like Chromecasts behind corporate firewalls;
• Setting up gapps behind corporate firewalls;
• Connecting to your mobile hotspot but you're not bothered to set up VPN on your device;
• Identifying, monitoring and blocking (unwanted) clients;
• Bypassing tethering limits by:
  • (recommended) Use this app with a real VPN/socksifier;
  • Use this app with some adblock/DNS apps that uses system VPN service APIs, i.e. fake VPNs; (troubleshooting/a list of apps that work)
  • Try your luck and simply use this app.

P.S. You can also do the similar on Windows, Mac, and iOS. I don't know about you but I can't get my stupid Windows 10 to work with hosted network now that they introduced this Mobile hotspot.

Features That Requires System App Installation

The following features in the app requires it to be installed under /system/priv-app since some restricted permissions are required. One way to do this is to use App systemizer for Magisk.

• (Android 8-10, since app v2.4.0) android.permission.OVERRIDE_WIFI_CONFIG: Read/write system Wi-Fi hotspot configuration. (#117)

Installing as system app also has the side benefit of launching root daemon less frequently due to having privileged permissions listed below.

• android.permission.LOCAL_MAC_ADDRESS
• android.permission.MANAGE_USB
• android.permission.OVERRIDE_WIFI_CONFIG
• android.permission.READ_WIFI_CREDENTIAL
• android.permission.TETHER_PRIVILEGED
• android.permission.WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS

Whenever you install an app update, if there was a new protected permission addition (last updated in v2.10.4), you should update the app installed in system as well to make the system grant the privileged permission.