HINT Control is a cross-platform app for accessing and managing your T-Mobile Home Internet gateway, with some extra features compared to the official app.
Features include advanced statistics, WiFi radio control, SSID management, and band steering, with more to come as more is discovered about the gateways.
HINT Control currently supports the Arcadyan KVD21, the Arcadyan TMOG4AR, the Sagemcom Fast 5688W, the Sercomm TMOG4SE, and the Noka 5G21. The Askey LTE gateway is not supported at this time.
This app is NOT affiliated with T-Mobile.
HINT Control is open source and also available for other platforms. Check out the downloads and source code at https://github.com/zacharee/ArcadyanKVD21Control/.
Really useful app. Great for setting up and checking T-mobile gateway connection. It needs one additional feature however, the ability to set an automatic reboot on a daily, weekly or monthly schedule. The ability to trigger a reboot on a connection loss would be a nice feature also.
Love this app!
bgriffis
Not sure why T-Mobile (and Mint Mobile) don’t provide direct control of the unit, but this app fills the gap nicely!In my case I used it to disable the wifi radios since I have my own wifi mesh setup connected. Disabling the radios is the closest I can get to bridge mode that most modems support. I also ran into an issue this morning where the modem showed no 5G connection. Was great that I could just open this up and hit “reboot” rather than have to physically power cycle the unit. A big thank you to the creator of this app!
Got strange error after setting change
Setman85
I tried to change my WiFi settings (change one access point to WPA2 instead of WPA2/WPA3) but after making the change I was getting this error when connecting to the wifi. “This network is operating on Wi-Fi channels in use by several other nearby networks.Restarting your wireless router may allow it to automatically choose the best channel to use, and may resolve this problem.”Not sure how this happened. Could be user error (if so, I’m sorry). I did factory reset and didn’t try Hint again. Too bad, looks like a great app.
Great app - needs Paste support for login
Furand
Really frustrating that you can’t paste password or use password manager to login. That said, this app is very convenient. Would prefer a web app instead but I’m thankful someone made literally anything for managing these garbage ISP-provided gateways. T-Mobile you are terrible and I hate you for not providing more user control of these devices.
Fixes some privacy concerns. See the GitHub for more details.
Version 1.17.0
The developer, Zachary Wander, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
Diagnostics
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
Seller
Zachary Wander
Size
103.3 MB
Category
Utilities
Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later.
iPod touch Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
