So, i recently bought a Mytouch4g after coming from a G1. I know all about the wifi tether app and its ad-hoc network. The Mytouch4g comes with wireless hotspot capabilities, but unfortunately tmobile wants to charge you 15$ a month for its use.
Does anyone know a workaround? I really bought this phone in hopes of being able to use it as an access point, but then found out that they charge for the service which is a real let down. I really cant afford the extra money every month right now but my phone is my primary source of internet at home.
I figure everyone knows the mytouch4g is capable of an AP network, so im hoping someone can help me out/point me in the right direction.
Anyone find a solution to this issue, im on the same boat.
Um, the wifi hotspot feature doesn't cost extra. Just the tethering.
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Hello All,
I'm hoping someone out there can help me answer this question because countless hours of searching on the internet so far haven't so now I will turn to the experts here. Here's a brief background of the situation.
I recently switched from a Palm Treo 700wx on a plan that included Phone as Modem on Sprint to an Sprint Htc Hero on an unlimited data plan that doesn't allow tethering. Unfortunately for those of us left that use tethering Sprint doesn't even allow one to pay extra for it. I know that that Hero is capable of tethering using PdaNet and I enjoyed using PdaNet on my Treo.
So now getting to the questions. I would like to know if anyone knows if cell phone companies either Sprint or any other provider can actually tell when your using your phone as a modem say as long as you don't abuse it by staying under 5gbs a month? Does anyone know how PdaNet actually works? In other words does it appear that your actually just downloading data to your phone when really your also transferring it to a laptop?
Hello all,
I was wondering if anyone can tell me that is on AT&T if they force you to pay for tethering services or you can use it without them charging the extra few.
So say I have a android phone which supports it (Nexus 1) and I have their internet plan (no tether option just 2gb plan) and connect to the built in wifi tether service of the phone when I connect will ATT let it work or will error out? Thank you in advance
No one knows? Can't seem to find online at all.
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just wondering but can this phone enable wireless tethering aka hotspot without having the hotspot plan? i have a mytouch 4g and i use wireless tethering a lot. i dont have the tethering plan but it still works. im hoping this phone can do the same because if it does im def going to get one.
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Yep, there's an app for it preinstalled. I've used it briefly with no problems.
I think I read elsewhere that they can detect it if you use the built in hotspot app, can somebody with first hand experience confirm/deny?
im in australia and these phones have not even been spoken about as a release date... with my carrier im actually locked into a 'iphone plan' ie. the ones where they try to rip you off to unlock tethering, etc... i use wired and wireless tether all the time and it works PERFECT... actually im very stoked how it works!
Does anyone know if rooted Sensations will be able to keep free tethering or am I asking too much? I use my Gtab with the hotspot feature...... Why pay another 15 bucks when I already pay 30 for a not so reliable connection anyway.... Wtf Tmob?
I've heard that rooted phones will get to keep tethering. I've also heard that if tmobile finds out about the tethering they will change you the extra money. I haven't had any issues yet.
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AWE SNAP! I use it for my Gtab... It would suck if I start getting charged lol.... Not used to paying for it so....
Hi everybody. I need to use a phone as an access point for broadband in my home. Long story short there are no other options available. What I was doing before was using a rooted thunderbolt on verizon and a grandfathered unlimited data plan, then used a wifi bridge to hook it up to my router and it worked great,
Now I need to replicate this on t-mobile by-passing their damn hot spot limit. I've already rooted my HTC one and tried doing this with that but I cannot get anything to successfully connect to it, and i'm reading that the mode was removed in version 4.2 or something to that effect..
So which t-mobile phone would be the best to root and use in this situation if it can be done? Preferably an LTE handset since I just barely get it but if not oh well, H+ works better most of the time.
Thanks a lot
-Robbie
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Hi everybody. I need to use a phone as an access point for broadband in my home. Long story short there are no other options available. What I was doing before was using a rooted thunderbolt on verizon and a grandfathered unlimited data plan, then used a wifi bridge to hook it up to my router and it worked great,
Now I need to replicate this on t-mobile by-passing their damn hot spot limit. I've already rooted my HTC one and tried doing this with that but I cannot get anything to successfully connect to it, and i'm reading that the mode was removed in version 4.2 or something to that effect..
So which t-mobile phone would be the best to root and use in this situation if it can be done? Preferably an LTE handset since I just barely get it but if not oh well, H+ works better most of the time.
Thanks a lot
-Robbie
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I use my tmobile Gs4 with no problem.
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If I were in your situation, I would install openwrt on the router and hook a USB HSPA+ or LTE dongle to it. IMO, that's a much better and cheaper solution than using a dedicated smartphone.
i agree with troolie's recommendation....