Simple question I just want to make sure I don't get extra charges for teathering to my laptop every once in a while when the laptop would be easier.
not unless you call them and tell them
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Simple question I just want to make sure I don't get extra charges for teathering to my laptop every once in a while when the laptop would be easier.
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of course they can. the real question is do they really care?! i remember a thread with one person touting something like 50GB of use in a single month...
so they really wont care if I use my phone as a wireless hot spot for temporary usage for like email or playing online with my PSP or something...awesome. Thanks
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of course they can. the real question is do they really care?! i remember a thread with one person touting something like 50GB of use in a single month...
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They can probably tell when your usage jumps up like that, but thats it.
50gbs? Thats nothing, I average 2~3 sometimes 5 gbs a day, and I try to take it easy when I tether
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They can probably tell when your usage jumps up like that, but thats it.
50gbs? Thats nothing, I average 2~3 sometimes 5 gbs a day, and I try to take it easy when I tether
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Sometimes I use over 15GB/mo. just on my phone. They probably don't care. I read that with WiMax they're not even going to have a bandwidth limit, so you can download and tether to your heart's content. I'm definitely looking forward to that.
Lol, I'm pretty sure 50GB was the guy who was considered the lightweight. I'm almost positive I read a guy using over 100GB, and Sprint didn't do anything. That kind of stuff just makes me laugh.
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Sometimes I use over 15GB/mo. just on my phone. They probably don't care. I read that with WiMax they're not even going to have a bandwidth limit, so you can download and tether to your heart's content. I'm definitely looking forward to that.
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I cant wait for the SuperSonic! I live in Vegas and already have WiMax through Clear. Can't wait for that shlt on my phone!
I thought sprint had a 5GB limit stated in their terms and conditions.
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I cant wait for the SuperSonic! I live in Vegas and already have WiMax through Clear. Can't wait for that shlt on my phone!
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You're lucky you get WiMax already.... I don't live in a city, so regular 3g for me..... They also can't tell if you tether UNLESS you use built-in MNS.
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I thought sprint had a 5GB limit stated in their terms and conditions.
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Yeah here's an article on the 5gb limit
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You're lucky you get WiMax already.... I don't live in a city, so regular 3g for me..... They also can't tell if you tether UNLESS you use built-in MNS.
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MNS?
akijikan said:
I thought sprint had a 5GB limit stated in their terms and conditions.
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Data Cards. Not phones.
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MNS?
Data Cards. Not phones.
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MNS is Mobile Network Sharing. Internet Sharing on fresh 2.0.
They can tell if you tether with that. On wireless tether, it just looks like normal data usage.
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MNS is Mobile Network Sharing. Internet Sharing on fresh 2.0.
They can tell if you tether with that. On wireless tether, it just looks like normal data usage.
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How can they tell? Not trying to be a smartass, just curiuos.
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MNS is Mobile Network Sharing. Internet Sharing on fresh 2.0.
They can tell if you tether with that. On wireless tether, it just looks like normal data usage.
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Ahhh, i knew that. Im not quite sober though, so i couldnt think of what MNS stood for. lol.
I have used my Hero Tethered to my Laptop *thus giving it internet access.
then through the LAN port on the laptop supply internet access to my 360 which I use to play MW2
I used 15GB in 1 night sprint never said anything.
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I have used my Hero Tethered to my Laptop *thus giving it internet access.
then through the LAN port on the laptop supply internet access to my 360 which I use to play MW2
I used 15GB in 1 night sprint never said anything.
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I literally just finished doing this. Some lag, but my I just moved here and my internet hasn't been installed yet.
I need a rollover cable to get my PS3 bridged in.
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How can they tell? Not trying to be a smartass, just curiuos.
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I believe it signals your carrier or goes through a different set of ports. Either way, I tried this on a 1.5 rom and my phone wouldn't connect to EVDOs for an hour. Scary.
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I literally just finished doing this. Some lag, but my I just moved here and my internet hasn't been installed yet.
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I just did this. No lag on halo for me. NHL had some lag. It is awesome.
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I'm interested in finding a torrent client. I've looked around the marketplace but can't seem to find one. Does anyone know if one is in the works or exists yet?
There is a bitorrent client around I think Its called aBTC, google it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=546105
$5 seems a bit much for an app that rates only just over 3 stars... are there any others?
Iv seen another one but it just does not come close to aBTC
Seriously worth the money if u download music from torrents or even movies lol, but its recommended you have Wi-Fi
It works like a charm lol
Yeah, I gues for me, the times I'm on WiFi is when I'm at home... so I would use my PC for torrents then. It might come in handy one day for a torrent client on my phone, but thats not worth paying $5 for a 'maybe one day I might use it'.
The are some on the market. I've been using torrent-fu Free on the market and it does what I need.
Doesn't that just link to a torrent client on your PC?
If it does, can you do this while you're out and about, or only when you're on your home network?
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Yeah, I gues for me, the times I'm on WiFi is when I'm at home... so I would use my PC for torrents then. It might come in handy one day for a torrent client on my phone, but thats not worth paying $5 for a 'maybe one day I might use it'.
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Well in that case you have no need for a torrent client on your phone, Wi-FI is only reccomended as it saves on your data usage.
I am restricted to 1GB data usage which i use up about 500-600 MB of each month so i guess i dont mind using it to download music on the go
If you have an unlimted data plan then aBTC will work ok without Wi-Fi it jus means u will be restricted when it comes to download speeds lol
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Doesn't that just link to a torrent client on your PC?
If it does, can you do this while you're out and about, or only when you're on your home network?
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Yes.
Yes but only via a direct connection i.e. modem not a router.
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Yes.
Yes but only via a direct connection i.e. modem not a router.
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Mine works quite happily behind the router with some simple port forwarding. Torrent Fu works really well for me.
I use transdriod. It's free and it works very well.
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Well in that case you have no need for a torrent client on your phone, Wi-FI is only reccomended as it saves on your data usage.
I am restricted to 1GB data usage which i use up about 500-600 MB of each month so i guess i dont mind using it to download music on the go
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What an odd and rather pointless thing to say. You're deciding I don't need this app? Even though I've just said there might be the occasion that I do... hence, I'm asking about it.
I was wondering if sprint can keep up with the data used through the hotspot you can download for a rooted device. I am thinking about getting an evo. (i know that the evo has its own forum, but I figured I would ask people that have been with sprint for a while with the hero.) Basically, I want to use the phone as an internet connection, like you would dsl, but i do not want to buy the 30 per month thing that you have to buy to do it on the evo. So i just wanted to know if i would get caught and have to pay some huge bill for playing ps3 or downloading huge files through the root hotspot. Thanks for helping me out.
I seriously doubt it. These phones do so much data how would they even tell if its a laptop or not. They would have to be searching for certain ports.
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Just FYI you probably don't want to use Ev-Do for gaming. Everytime I ran the Speed Test app I ping around 140-150 ms...
c00ller said:
Just FYI you probably don't want to use Ev-Do for gaming. Everytime I ran the Speed Test app I ping around 140-150 ms...
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Which is perfectly fine for MW2 with minimal lag.
jerry43812 said:
Which is perfectly fine for MW2 with minimal lag.
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Really? I've never played MW2 but for me a first person shooter server with ping above 70 is trash. Maybe MW2 is a very well lag compensated game.
i use mine daily no problems,dont play mw2 though more of a bad company guy myself
This is my average data usage for a month, actually a couple days shy, and I have never had a problem from Sprint. Been using at least this much for over a year.
Used to be on a tethered Touch Pro, and now on a Hero. I have similar usage across 3 other lines on the same plan, over 12gb total, and no problems.
If you have had your TB for at least a week, what has your data usage been so far?
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Jeez!!!!!!
Here's mine.
Gigabytes 4.067 GB
Megabytes 4,164.481 MB
Kilobytes 4,264,429.050 KB
A little under 100MiB since 03/08.
I'm actually looking forward to tiered data.
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A little under 100MiB since 03/08.
I'm actually looking forward to tiered data.
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How on earth have you used so little? 3g only? Syncing email alone should have you above 100MiB... unless you are only using the phone on wifi...
is there a way to find out without signing in to a verizon.com account?
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is there a way to find out without signing in to a verizon.com account?
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not that i know of
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How on earth have you used so little? 3g only? Syncing email alone should have you above 100MiB... unless you are only using the phone on wifi...
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I use wifi at my house and when available. I guess the main reason I don't use much data is because I study, play video games, and watch a few tv shows/movies. With that much going on, I don't have any time to use massive amounts of data.
Honestly, I don't know how anyone uses 20+GiB. There just isn't enough time in the day unless you're taking time out of other things. Maybe tethering I could see... but if you're just using the phone?
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Call #DATA on your phone and you'll be texted the information
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Honestly, I don't know how anyone uses 20+GiB. There just isn't enough time in the day unless you're taking time out of other things. Maybe tethering I could see... but if you're just using the phone?
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Well, I have been enjoying the hotspot while it is free for now
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nice...
1648173 kb...almost 1.6GB...not bad, i use a lot of wifi too..
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1648173 kb...
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That's ~1.6GiB
lol, i google converted it...
I am sitting at 3.56Gb
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That's ~1.6GiB
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U mean 1.6 Gb (vs GB)?...
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How on earth, short of using wifi tether as your only internet service, do you use 30 gigs of data a month. I've seen a spike in my usage to just above 5 gigs for 2 weeks+ with the TB and < 2 weeks with the D2. But I have never come close to 10 gigs even during the holidays when I tether a crap ton, because most of the people I visit don't have wifi. I'm sorry, but it is people like you that are getting us all forced onto tiered plans eventually. And I consider myself a "power" user. I stream a lot of music, and use my phone a ton for nav. I just do see how you can use this much data.
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How on earth, short of using wifi tether as your only internet service, do you use 30 gigs of data a month. I've seen a spike in my usage to just above 5 gigs for 2 weeks+ with the TB and < 2 weeks with the D2. But I have never come close to 10 gigs even during the holidays when I tether a crap ton, because most of the people I visit don't have wifi. I'm sorry, but it is people like you that are getting us all forced onto tiered plans eventually. And I consider myself a "power" user. I stream a lot of music, and use my phone a ton for nav. I just do see how you can use this much data.
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exactly, there is people who abuse the system and some of us have to pay for their abuse of the system.
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U mean 1.6 Gb (vs GB)?...
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I mean 1.6 "GB"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_prefix
I'm just trying to get into the habit of using the binary prefix rather than the colloquially accepted standard SI prefix.
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How on earth, short of using wifi tether as your only internet service, do you use 30 gigs of data a month. I've seen a spike in my usage to just above 5 gigs for 2 weeks+ with the TB and < 2 weeks with the D2. But I have never come close to 10 gigs even during the holidays when I tether a crap ton, because most of the people I visit don't have wifi. I'm sorry, but it is people like you that are getting us all forced onto tiered plans eventually. And I consider myself a "power" user. I stream a lot of music, and use my phone a ton for nav. I just do see how you can use this much data.
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Tether > xbox, netflix, hulu, etc. When this is faster than my DSL, why not enjoy it? Free tethering won't last forever. Plus ATT put their DSL into tiered plans as well.
550MB between my wife and I combined, having the TBolts since release day. We're on WiFi at home or it would be higher (up to double that). I would call us well over average volume users in regards to social apps and chat programs since it's our work.
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Yeah I hear ya. I'm reminded every time I look over my taxes or see someone buying soda and Ding Dongs with food stamps while talking on their iPhone. Hard to complain though because every group has a poster child to make you look evil for being against them lol.
i did the update att sent me the other day and the first time i tethered after doing it was last night then this morning i get a msg from att to call them. so i did and they informed me they knew i was tethering but could not tell me how they new i was doing it. so now i am thinking about a new rom. i will reroot first and see if it replaced the tethering apk. if anyone has any information on this update please let me know. i was going to copy the msg they sent to me for the update but it conveniently del'd itself on reboot.
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i did the update att sent me the other day and the first time i tethered after doing it was last night then this morning i get a msg from att to call them. so i did and they informed me they knew i was tethering but could not tell me how they new i was doing it. so now i am thinking about a new rom. i will reroot first and see if it replaced the tethering apk. if anyone has any information on this update please let me know. i was going to copy the msg they sent to me for the update but it conveniently del'd itself on reboot.
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People have been getting nailed right and left, seemingly regardless of ROM. I don't think the update has anything to do with it, they're likely doing some packet inspection to determine what OS the packets are originating from.
when i called in regarding the nasty gram. she emphasized to update my phone. so im guess that is where it is coming from. id agree with you.
Yeah, looks like it was the update. It's weird that all of you got caught those,
I tethered a decent amount a few days ago(don't care if anyone knows, even you AT&T spies!) while my home internet was out, not a thing.
Guess we know not to use any new updates from AT&T until we find out how they detect us without tetheringmanager.apk..
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It's because you're using a stock ROM. I believe there's a service (though I can't for the life of me remember what it's called) that can detect if you're tethering or not. Custom ROMs remove the service so they can't tell.
Im on infused 2.2.3 and I tethered a little bit today and have not gotten anything yet, seems to working fine.
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Im on infused 2.2.3 and I tethered a little bit today and have not gotten anything yet, seems to working fine.
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I think the majority of people who are getting nailed are using LARGE amounts of data i know one guy posted he has used 8 gig of data just on tethering
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the most ive done is 11gb a month...
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the most ive done is 11gb a month...
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yea but the guy above that i mentioned is on track for using 32 + gigs .. in tethering
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I think the majority of people who are getting nailed are using LARGE amounts of data i know one guy posted he has used 8 gig of data just on tethering
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Yeah, I used that much the other week... I've been running CM7 so I'm pretty sure that AT&T is doing some packet sniffing to see the useragent of the packets coming through. I don't think it has to do with the OS you're running.
I got a nastygram saying to stop by September 30th or they'll charge me. So far this month I've use 18gb so I'm sucking as much as I can before they cut me off!!
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yea but the guy above that i mentioned is on track for using 32 + gigs .. in tethering
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Whammy!!! Double whammy!! Triple whammy!!! I thought I used net a lot cos I use close to 1.5 GB a month at peak times.. with my avg around 1 GB, and no tethering whatsoever. No wonder AT&T is tracking on tethering users.
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Whammy!!! Double whammy!! Triple whammy!!! I thought I used net a lot cos I use close to 1.5 GB a month at peak times.. with my avg around 1 GB, and no tethering whatsoever. No wonder AT&T is tracking on tethering users.
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This month is the most data I've ever used, and that's 4.2GB right now.... I don't get how you suck up so much data.... maybe lots of videos..... you know..... lol.
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Bloat Freeze to block the tethering.apk It won't phone home then ;-)
Works for me and I just updated using the recent 14MB (I think) file the other day. and tethered for a few hours....so far so good anyway.
My wife who has a Streak just got her nasty gram yesterday, now she does tether ALOT, but her phone does not even show a disclaimer for the mobile hotspot like ours does. So, i dont think it has anything to do with the update.
I dont tether alot but I do tether and most months stay around 8-10gigs. (most of that is actually on my phone, I like Netflix)
She is pissed because out where we live we do not have any high speed internet options but we have AWESOME data speeds with ATT but none of the other carriers have anything close. we thought about getting one of those mifi hotspots but ATT only has a 5gig one and that is just a joke to to think 3 teens and 2 adults are going to make that work.
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This month is the most data I've ever used, and that's 4.2GB right now.... I don't get how you suck up so much data.... maybe lots of videos..... you know..... lol.
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Online gaming is another way. While tethering. i used to Play WoW through my cell while tethering with my old Cappy.
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actually i would be paying the same price i am not for an UNLIMITED data plan to go down to a 4gb plan that allows me to tether. But when I got my Unlimited Plan there was nothing said about not being alowed to tether my phone. to my PC actually the rep in the store showed me how to do it with my old tilt.
Lucky bastards... I'm stuck on 2GB, so tethering really isn't a viable replacement option for me.
That being said, I find it absolutely bullsh*t that you have to pay for a certain way to use your data. Why should AT&T give a damn how you use your data? I pay for 2GB, I should be able to use it, however the hell I want.
Got a letter in the mail today dying they're going to add tethering and I haven't done it in 4 months. The hell??????
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Lucky bastards... I'm stuck on 2GB, so tethering really isn't a viable replacement option for me.
That being said, I find it absolutely bullsh*t that you have to pay for a certain way to use your data. Why should AT&T give a damn how you use your data? I pay for 2GB, I should be able to use it, however the hell I want.
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Nothing to do with amount of data.. I get the letter after tethering for 5 mind last week. Actually never got the connection to work.
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Lucky bastards... I'm stuck on 2GB, so tethering really isn't a viable replacement option for me.
That being said, I find it absolutely bullsh*t that you have to pay for a certain way to use your data. Why should AT&T give a damn how you use your data? I pay for 2GB, I should be able to use it, however the hell I want.
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You haven't gotten yourself unlimited? I had someone do it for me(don't know their XDA user), and I love it.
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I keep seeing people asking how to do this, just use this app on your phone, no root required. You can download it from the market too.
http://code.google.com/p/proxoid/
Simple Guides here on how to use it for each OS.
http://code.google.com/p/proxoid/w/list
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I keep seeing people asking how to do this, just use this app on your phone, no root required. You can download it from the market too.
http://code.google.com/p/proxoid/
Simple Guides here on how to use it for each OS.
http://code.google.com/p/proxoid/w/list
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wont it still flag you account and then youll be forced to pay for it anyways? (especially those who hit high data amounts?)
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wont it still flag you account and then youll be forced to pay for it anyways? (especially those who hit high data amounts?)
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Supposedly that's what happened to my roommate with his GS2. I'd be cautious.
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Supposedly that's what happened to my roommate with his GS2. I'd be cautious.
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yea thats why i posted. i dont use tethering personally , but to warn others
I was under the impression that tethering is just taxing the same as the regular 3G/4G bandwidth.
At least here in EU they do that.
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I was under the impression that tethering is just taxing the same as the regular 3G/4G bandwidth.
At least here in EU they do that.
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That's true, but here in the US, our carriers like to bend us over for everything that's logical. Text messaging - we pay for that too.
If you don't have a tethering plan in the US, they will move you over to one if you like it or not.
It JUST happened to me. I was on unlimited data, tethered a few times, they sent me a text of warning, then a few months later they moved me to the 5gig tethering plan. Wah wah.
I have been tethering thru adb/proxy for a long time and never had any issues.
nice app, but i tether to my tablet not my computer. will this work and i'm just blind as to how?
chaosjh said:
nice app, but i tether to my tablet not my computer. will this work and i'm just blind as to how?
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This method it seems is usb tether, it doesn't act as a wifi hotspot.