[Q] tethering working on sick as hell v2?

Hey guys, just wondering if I had to do anything special with APNs or freeze anything for my hotspot usage not to be monitored. .? Upon enabling hot-spot, it says "verifying subscription" as though it's still communicating with t-mobile. ..I just wanted to confirm if it is actually working, or curious how I might check if the data is being counted because changelog says tethering hotspot hack is implemented in this build, But hotspot still acts like stock. .. TIA!!
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