I am looking for a phone I can hack to come from Sprint to Verizon. I looked at the htc touch so far. It just has to have wifi as they won't be using the data plan. (For my girlfriend, I have a g1 running drizzys new hero rom).
With my 30 free days of Sprint service coming to an end soon I wanted to use my Evo on T-Mobiles network. I tested making and recieving calls and sms through SIP and Google voice on my home network and it works great, all thats left is to tether the Evo to my G1. To my surprise it does not work.
What will it take to get the Evo to recognize Ad-Hoc networks? Cyanogen's roms can do this.
Teh Dust said:
To reduce the ammount of WTF T-Mobile responses and clarify what I am trying to do. Here is a quick overview.
I got my Evo at I/O, it came with a month of Sprint service and that month is almost up. I do not want to switch to Sprint nor do I want to stop using this great device so I have found a way to use the phone without a carrier.
What needs to be done first is making and recieving calls. The Google Voice app does not currently allow calls to be placed over wifi so I need a work around for this. The work arround is to tie my Google Voice number to my Gizmo5 account which will let me access Google Voice via SIP. I then use the app SIPDroid to access my Gizmo5 account and make calls from Google Voice over Wifi. Done.
Next is SMS. Google Voice for Android allows you to make and place SMS over Wifi. Done.
Lastly is data. The Evo has wifi. Done.
With all of this I can use the phone compleatly over a WiFi network. But now I want to make the phone mobile.
I have a G1 on T-Mobile's network. It is rooted and running a custom build which allows me to do nothing but use the phone as a WiFi hotspot for a good day on the battery. The app being used to tether is WiFi Tether for Root Users.
The problem is the G1's hotspot is Ad-Hoc and currently the Evo (Stock Android in general.) can not connect to Ad-Hoc networks without modifications such as the ones done in Cyanogen Mod. If theese mods are duplicated for a rom on the Evo I will be able to use my Evo where ever I go without the need of a carrier.
Hope that cleared everything up.
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I think there are a few threads around already talking about the EVO's lack of ability to connect to ad-hoc networks. I don't know of a fix as of yet though.
wait, what? you got the Evo to work on TMO? am I reading this wrong?
tyrnight said:
wait, what? you got the Evo to work on TMO? am I reading this wrong?
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I got the evo to receive calls and sms over wifi. If I can tether it to the G1 than yes, it would be on T-Mo.
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I got the evo to receive calls and sms over wifi. If I can tether it to the G1 than yes, it would be on T-Mo.
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problem is, in this case, if your already using wifi for your connection, you cant use it for tethering.. its already in use for another purpose(wifi).
Im still astounded by the TMO effect in this thread.. since this is a CDMA phone and you would need a GSM phone to talk to TMO. So since the cell radio isn't used your gonna be out of luck unless you tether via USB or BT.
perhaps everyone is reading this wrong, ot its just me.
His evo is NOT on the TMO cellular network. Its not possible.
His calls and sms are through wifi probably google voice or a SIP provider. Through his home network, NOT TMO.
tmo uses GSM and EVO (sprint) uses CDMA.
to OP ive not tried ad-hoc with my phone so im sorry i have nothing to report to ya. GL
To reduce the ammount of WTF T-Mobile responses and clarify what I am trying to do. Here is a quick overview.
I got my Evo at I/O, it came with a month of Sprint service and that month is almost up. I do not want to switch to Sprint nor do I want to stop using this great device so I have found a way to use the phone without a carrier.
What needs to be done first is making and recieving calls. The Google Voice app does not currently allow calls to be placed over wifi so I need a work around for this. The work arround is to tie my Google Voice number to my Gizmo5 account which will let me access Google Voice via SIP. I then use the app SIPDroid to access my Gizmo5 account and make calls from Google Voice over Wifi. Done.
Next is SMS. Google Voice for Android allows you to make and place SMS over Wifi. Done.
Lastly is data. The Evo has wifi. Done.
With all of this I can use the phone compleatly over a WiFi network. But now I want to make the phone mobile.
I have a G1 on T-Mobile's network. It is rooted and running a custom build which allows me to do nothing but use the phone as a WiFi hotspot for a good day on the battery. The app being used to tether is WiFi Tether for Root Users.
The problem is the G1's hotspot is Ad-Hoc and currently the Evo (Stock Android in general.) can not connect to Ad-Hoc networks without modifications such as the ones done in Cyanogen Mod. If theese mods are duplicated for a rom on the Evo I will be able to use my Evo where ever I go without the need of a carrier.
Hope that cleared everything up.
I don't know if you have a Nexus One but I just checked and the EVO can tether to the Nexus One's FroYo hotspot feature (over 3G).
Sprint
I think the reasoning behind the ROM for the EVO not being able to do this is because Sprint plans to charge for this service down the road and so you would get an app either from them or the market but it would only allow connection if you paid for the service on your plan. Much like how carriers plan to charge to let your phone be a wifi hotspot.
I may be wrong but that makes sense to me, if they can make money off a feature, they will...
this is quite clever. i would interested in seeing how you setup gizmo5, sipdroid, google voice, etc to do all calls over WiFi. i have a gizmo5 account and google voice.
Teh Dust said:
The problem is the G1's hotspot is Ad-Hoc and currently the Evo (Stock Android in general.) can not connect to Ad-Hoc networks without modifications such as the ones done in Cyanogen Mod.
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im thinking of it going in the other direction, there is a mod for the EVO hopefully soon to be integrated to the wifi tether app which lets the EVO wifi tether work in infrastructure mode, outside of ad-hoc mode.
Could the G1 use this app or something similar to broadcast outside of ad-hoc mode on infrastructure mode? more devices would be able to use the G1 also ... just an idea.
the ability for the EVO to connect to infrastructure networks instead of just ad-hoc networks seems reasonable. perhaps somebody familar with cyanogen's work could look at porting this function over to the EVO?
Doesn't canceling your Sprint trial involve you returning the EVO? The subsidized cost you got in the phone was for signing up for service. No service means you return the phone or buy it at MSRP.
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The i/o phones were given out for free. Included was a free trial of unlimited data phone and sms until a certain date. June something. Your thinking of the 30-day money back guarantee, that you get if you bought your phone from sprint. Hope that helps.
I like to root my phones primarily for enabling wifi tethering. My boss wants me to get work emails on my phone with an app called Good For Enterprise. However, this app detects if the phone is rooted and will not run if so. I am curious about how the app detects the root, and if there is any way around it. However, I do not want to get escorted out of the building by security. It may be wiser to tether without root access, OR if the root/unroot procedure is quick enough I could simply root when I want to tether and then unroot.
I just got an Evo 4G LTE because my old Evo 4G wimax has been dropping calls and cutting out badly. Turns out its network issues, and the new Evo is no better. Sprint claims 4G LTE is completely available here, but that seems to be "on paper" only. I will be returning this Evo today and dropping Sprint altogether. I chose a 2gig tethering plan for $20 just to test the bandwidth before modifying the new Evo - Evo and pc connect just fine but webpages will not load!)
I guess I will get a MetroPCS phone. I have been looking at the LG Motion, but its files are signed. Therefore, still no custom recovery or ROMs for it. Any suggestions? And what about that Good For Enterprise dilemma? Thanks in advance!! :good:
Edit: I had the name wrong. Its Good For Enterprise, not Good For Business...
richardhead2 said:
I like to root my phones primarily for enabling wifi tethering. My boss wants me to get work emails on my phone with an app called Good For Enterprise. However, this app detects if the phone is rooted and will not run if so. I am curious about how the app detects the root, and if there is any way around it. However, I do not want to get escorted out of the building by security. It may be wiser to tether without root access, OR if the root/unroot procedure is quick enough I could simply root when I want to tether and then unroot.
I just got an Evo 4G LTE because my old Evo 4G wimax has been dropping calls and cutting out badly. Turns out its network issues, and the new Evo is no better. Sprint claims 4G LTE is completely available here, but that seems to be "on paper" only. I will be returning this Evo today and dropping Sprint altogether. I chose a 2gig tethering plan for $20 just to test the bandwidth before modifying the new Evo - Evo and pc connect just fine but webpages will not load!)
I guess I will get a MetroPCS phone. I have been looking at the LG Motion, but its files are signed. Therefore, still no custom recovery or ROMs for it. Any suggestions? And what about that Good For Enterprise dilemma? Thanks in advance!! :good:
Edit: I had the name wrong. Its Good For Enterprise, not Good For Business...
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2040163
Hi,
For the last couple years I have used the Walmart $30 T-Mobile prepaid plan. My smartphone usage is very small and limited to when I travel out of town.
I have been using an htc myTouch 4G. The phone broke and I need another one.
I quite enjoyed the htc MyTouch 4G. It seemed to have very high quality audio for a phone. The camera and camcorder operated well. The built in Google GPS app (It seems different form what I can download on the Play Store) is my favorite GPS ever.
The phone must for relatively easy rooting.
Must support being a mobile hotspot.
and must support the newer 4G LTE band instead of the myTouch's HSPA+
What would a cheap similar phone be today? Used is fine.
Please start here...http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1620179
Am i going on holiday to usa and want to bring my tabled to use it for tehering to my Phone and my friends phones.
I understood that thethering is allowed with the 6gb plan but i think that wont be enough for 3 weeks.
So I wanted to get the unlimited plan and tether using my tabled but tethering does not seem to be allowed with this plan.
I read some solutions using xposed framework and other programmes but I also read that AT&T checks the ssl packets to detect if you are tethering.
So adjusting the IPtables is also a must. Can I do this on my rooted galaxy tab 7.7 with android 4.1.2 stock? Anyone have experience doing so?
I also have a jailbroken Iphone which has tether bypass tweak on it. Maybe I should just stick with that?
Topic related to AT&T detection:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/v20/help/links-to-att-unlimited-plan-hotspot-t3560279/page2
EDIT: For now I downloaded PDANET and VPN to try it...