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[Q] Wifi

Hello all, i want to have access to wifi at work (dads bakery) there is no wifi signal there, is there other alternatives to have access to wifi? im not familiar with this things do i have to buy something portable to have it i do have 3g with t-mobile on my phone.

not sure what type of phone you have, but you can tether your "phone internet" to your transformer.
i just did it while on a road trip from my wife's old Palm treo Pro i connected via bluetooth tether

If you have an android phone, you can try to use the Bluetooth tethering option, which doesn't require rooting the phone. If you do a search on the forums, someone made a nice step by step guide for it. The bluetooth option never worked for me so I had to end up rooting my phone and then downloading wifi tether. Downside is it makes your phone really hot and can cause it to crash or turn off. I'm super ghetto so I have the back case off my phone leaned up against a fan hahahahaha....keeps it at a nice 79 degrees instead of 110 degrees.
I'm not an expert at these things either, I just looked for guides on this forum and also youtube. Took me a couple of days to get it all working. Goodluck!

You could try a wireless 'hotspot' from one of the wireless broadband providers too.

tryptz said:
You could try a wireless 'hotspot' from one of the wireless broadband providers too.
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Thanks everyone. Here is another question i have the 200 MB of high-speed data
is this fine knowing that i just need the wifi, will i have to upgrade plan?

cristian3433 said:
Hello all, i want to have access to wifi at work (dads bakery) there is no wifi signal there, is there other alternatives to have access to wifi? im not familiar with this things do i have to buy something portable to have it i do have 3g with t-mobile on my phone.
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Does your dad's bakery have internet at all? If he has broadband there you could just setup a wireless router.
cristian3433 said:
Thanks everyone. Here is another question i have the 200 MB of high-speed data
is this fine knowing that i just need the wifi, will i have to upgrade plan?
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Depends on how much you use your TF for that purpose but 200MB is very little. Becareful about getting charged overages.

USB Tethering

Hey guys,
I am from the Captivate forums and I was wondering if the roms for the droid charge have usb tethering and mobile hotpsot enabled out of the box with the current custom roms. I know Verizon is providing their mobile hotspot capabilities for a short term but I would really like to get some tethered 4G speeds without having to pay for separate hotspot capabilities.

I'm running GummyCharged 1.8.1 with the pbj lagfix kernel, and while there is not exactly a built in tethering app I was able to easily install PdaNet for usb tethering. I also downloaded Open Garden WiFi for my mobile hotspot alternative app which seems to work well. Verizon's built in tethering garbage is just plain ridiculously overpriced.

abezapata said:
Hey guys,
I am from the Captivate forums and I was wondering if the roms for the droid charge have usb tethering and mobile hotpsot enabled out of the box with the current custom roms. I know Verizon is providing their mobile hotspot capabilities for a short term but I would really like to get some tethered 4G speeds without having to pay for separate hotspot capabilities.
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You thinking about jumping from att to verizon for the LTE lock in? That's exactly what I'm planning on doing either today or tomorrow. Don't you just love how easy it is to usb or wireless tether with our Captivates and custom roms?!

To USB tether, you can purchase EZ Tether (~ $10USD), or you can root and run this free app: Google Code Wired Tether
For Wireless Tethering, it's a little trickier - mostly because of the Wifi Access Point / Ad Hoc connection issue. I have heard that if you download this free app: Google Code Wifi Tether, and configure for the Samsung Fascinate, it will work fine. Haven't tested it yet, though.
Cheers,

slmhofy said:
You thinking about jumping from att to verizon for the LTE lock in? That's exactly what I'm planning on doing either today or tomorrow. Don't you just love how easy it is to usb or wireless tether with our Captivates and custom roms?!
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Yeah that is exactly what I feel like doing, but I will probably keep my Captivate activated just in case because I still have AT&ts unlimited data plan. Yeah that is the reason I was asking becasue everything is baked into our custom roms and they inlcude all of the mods anyone could ever ask for.
I would never pay a seperate fee for wireless tethering to any wireless carrier especially if I already am paying for the data plan. Wireless providers are just too greedy at times *cough*tiered data plans*cough*
Thanks for the responses guys. I hope the custom roms on this phone one day are up to par with what I have come to expect from the Captivate forums.
Also I read that Verizon has been cracking down on wireless accounts that use third party tethering apps. Can anyone confirm this or point me to a reliable source?

abezapata said:
Yeah that is exactly what I feel like doing, but I will probably keep my Captivate activated just in case because I still have AT&ts unlimited data plan. Yeah that is the reason I was asking becasue everything is baked into our custom roms and they inlcude all of the mods anyone could ever ask for.
I would never pay a seperate fee for wireless tethering to any wireless carrier especially if I already am paying for the data plan. Wireless providers are just too greedy at times *cough*tiered data plans*cough*
Thanks for the responses guys. I hope the custom roms on this phone one day are up to par with what I have come to expect from the Captivate forums.
Also I read that Verizon has been cracking down on wireless accounts that use third party tethering apps. Can anyone confirm this or point me to a reliable source?
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Hey, if you get a chance, can you shoot me a PM. I got a couple questions for you and I think I can't send PMs or something.

everything is about to change. On July 7th est, there is be tiered data plans for verizon. 2gb for 29.99, 5 gb for 50 and 10 gb 80. So if your not already on the unlimited than you will not have unlimited more. sucky

Is there a fix to get android-wired-tether working on the charge?
¿GotJazz? said:
To USB tether, you can purchase EZ Tether (~ $10USD), or you can root and run this free app: Google Code Wired Tether
For Wireless Tethering, it's a little trickier - mostly because of the Wifi Access Point / Ad Hoc connection issue. I have heard that if you download this free app: Google Code Wifi Tether, and configure for the Samsung Fascinate, it will work fine. Haven't tested it yet, though.
Cheers,
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I am running GummyCharged 1.8.1. I installed the wired_tether_1_4.apk, ran it, accepted root permission, but got the "Unsupported Kernel" popup. The adp-1_6-kernel-update_usbtether_r3.zip will not install as clockwork states it is outdated.
Is there a fix to get android-wired-tether working on the charge? I know pdanet/easytether/klink work, but are paid apps.
Thanks

@mrxhack - You are correct. I forgot that the SamChg won't run on the Google Code Wired Tether app. I like EasyTether, though - It works great, and doesn't cost too much. Try the free version first, to see if it works well with GC.

Verizon Question about SIM and USB Broadband

Hi,
I'm looking for a decently definitive answer on this, I came from AT&T and had an ExpressCard modem where I could pop out the SIM from an iPhone and stick it in the Card (older data plan, could change APNs to the mobile wap etc). Anyway, this worked really well, and I didn't need to use it very often so I was never too concerned about them flagging for excess usage etc.
FastForward to now...I switched to Verizon, on the DC (obviously), and I just picked up a Pantech UML290 4G for dirt cheap, downloaded the drivers, popped out the SIM from the DC, fired it up and it appears to work perfectly. I'm on an unlimited data plan too.
So now for the big question of how risky is this really if it's not used frequently- I'm not going to replace my home internet or anything, just used it periodically when I need a better connection on my laptop without wifi (tethering has been flakey at best for me) I'm sure this technically violates the TOS, but I'm looking at this from a risk perspective of how likely am I to actually get flagged/caught etc if I don't have excessive data/usage etc.
Thanks!

Edvard_Greig said:
Hi,
I'm looking for a decently definitive answer on this, I came from AT&T and had an ExpressCard modem where I could pop out the SIM from an iPhone and stick it in the Card (older data plan, could change APNs to the mobile wap etc). Anyway, this worked really well, and I didn't need to use it very often so I was never too concerned about them flagging for excess usage etc.
FastForward to now...I switched to Verizon, on the DC (obviously), and I just picked up a Pantech UML290 4G for dirt cheap, downloaded the drivers, popped out the SIM from the DC, fired it up and it appears to work perfectly. I'm on an unlimited data plan too.
So now for the big question of how risky is this really if it's not used frequently- I'm not going to replace my home internet or anything, just used it periodically when I need a better connection on my laptop without wifi (tethering has been flakey at best for me) I'm sure this technically violates the TOS, but I'm looking at this from a risk perspective of how likely am I to actually get flagged/caught etc if I don't have excessive data/usage etc.
Thanks!
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Not likely as far as from what I hear on the forums but as far as a definitive answer, good luck..
This might help
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1215459&highlight=tether+data

d-loko said:
Not likely as far as from what I hear on the forums but as far as a definitive answer, good luck..
This might help
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1215459&highlight=tether+data
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Thank you for the reply- my thought with the card vs tethering was that my SIM was getting tied to a different ESN etc. Thank you for the reassurance though.

Verizon knows, but as long as you aren't using obscene amounts of data you will be fine.
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OP, keep us updated when you get you next phone bill to see if you were charged (no pun intended).

Will do- so far it's probably been 50-100mb worth of use at most

Edvard_Greig said:
Will do- so far it's probably been 50-100mb worth of use at most
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I wouldn't worry too much about it, without tethering i use about 2gb a month lol.

projectD said:
I wouldn't worry too much about it, without tethering i use about 2gb a month lol.
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2GB is nothing. I'm sitting at 10 right now, and there have been reports of 40+.
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Just curious how u got this to work. My netbook is from Verizon, I have the broadband plan. I put the sim card in it and I could get it to fire up on 4g
Edit, I couldn't get it to work
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justin94 said:
Just curious how u got this to work. My netbook is from Verizon, I have the broadband plan. I put the sim card in it and I could get it to fire up on 4g
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Not sure if that was supposed to be couldn't, but essentially I did the same thing. I took the sim out of my charge, put it in the pantech and voilà. I don't have the broadband plan though (to my knowledge anyway) so we'll see how that works out for the next bill.
Does your netbook have 4g radios?
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Tethering

If I use this rom HyperNonSense-v2.4 is tethering free or will I have to pay for it.

It should be free up to a point. Now what tat point is is really up to your carrier. If you are T-Mobile USA it will be free as long as you do not surpass the 2 GIG or 5 GIG soft cap you have depending on your data plan. But if you go over the soft cap the will try to make you pay extra for tethering. Now as far as other carriers go I can not give you any info on them as I am not familiar with any other carrier's policy.

T-Macgnolia said:
It should be free up to a point. Now what tat point is is really up to your carrier. If you are T-Mobile USA it will be free as long as you do not surpass the 2 GIG or 5 GIG soft cap you have depending on your data plan. But if you go over the soft cap the will try to make you pay extra for tethering. Now as far as other carriers go I can not give you any info on them as I am not familiar with any other carrier's policy.
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Well I have T-Mobile USA and I figured if I went over 2 gb they would just slow my internet down instead of charge me.

ruffrider5956 said:
Well I have T-Mobile USA and I figured if I went over 2 gb they would just slow my internet down instead of charge me.
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Yes the will throttle/ slow your internet down bit if you do it more then onscreen they will probably monitor your device and see you are tethering and then notify you that you should purchase the tethering service (which just gives you more data). Now after this notification they will probably continue to monitor your de ice and after you continue to tether they will probably hit you with a tethering fee.
But do not worry too much as I used my HD2 for months as my home internet connection and barely e Dr got close to using 2 GIGs of data. Then again though I do not have 3g or 4g service at my home either so it would have been hard for me to use so much data tethering. So my best advice is to heavily monitor your data usage and not go over. Also if you get a notification via text message or other means from T-Mobile about tethering I would hold off on tethering for a little while.

Ok thanks for the advice. How do they actually know your tethering?

ruffrider5956 said:
Ok thanks for the advice. How do they actually know your tethering?
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I think they monitor the IP addresses or some how monitor your device for other devices connected to it or something. I read about it like a your or more back and can not really remember.

T-Macgnolia said:
I think they monitor the IP addresses or some how monitor your device for other devices connected to it or something. I read about it like a your or more back and can not really remember.
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dang sneaky son of a guns lol alright thanks for your help.

yeah this happened to me last august. I started doing alot of tethering, i quickly went over my 5gb and was throttled down to a crawl. The next billing cycle i was tethering again and even before i got to my 5gb limit, any website that i tried to goto would be redirected to a tmobile site telling me i have to sign up for a tethering plan to continue to tether.

el7145 said:
yeah this happened to me last august. I started doing alot of tethering, i quickly went over my 5gb and was throttled down to a crawl. The next billing cycle i was tethering again and even before i got to my 5gb limit, any website that i tried to goto would be redirected to a tmobile site telling me i have to sign up for a tethering plan to continue to tether.
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So, did u sign up or have a work around?

galaxys said:
So, did u sign up or have a work around?
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no never needed to get a work around bc i signed back up for home internet a couple weeks later...they were charging $15/month for their tethering plan which i think is real good considering the price of home cable internet. Of course this tethering plan would only be good for basic web browsing

[Q] Free wifi hotspot gone

Since the latest Tmobile ota update my wifi hot spot feature gives me a Tmobile message on my linked device saying i need to pay for this service. Previously, i got around this by creating a new APN of epc.tmobile.com, this no longer works. Suggestions?

secular said:
Since the latest Tmobile ota update my wifi hot spot feature gives me a Tmobile message on my linked device saying i need to pay for this service. Previously, i got around this by creating a new APN of epc.tmobile.com, this no longer works. Suggestions?
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Try open garden, the one that looks like a tree, you'll need it on both devices and it creates a mesh network, some caviets are apps tha use data wont work, so you have to do everything through your web browser. This solution also solves the screen off issue while tethering.

As of right now this has been removed or blocked in the newest update.
There is nothing yet been found to allow you to set your own APN again.
You can use wifi tethering with FoxFi as a workaround from foxfi.com/bin but for data to work over wifi tethering you will need to keep the screen on.
That is about the only workaround.

TheArtiszan said:
As of right now this has been removed or blocked in the newest update.
There is nothing yet been found to allow you to set your own APN again.
You can use wifi tethering with FoxFi as a workaround from foxfi.com/bin but for data to work over wifi tethering you will need to keep the screen on.
That is about the only workaround.
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Or use open garden and it makes a mesh network, data still flows with screen off, you'll need open garden on both devices. The only issue is apps that use data like the play store will say your not connected, but anything you want to do with the browser you can.
I know not perfect but thats the closest we have right now, besides keeping the screen on.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1975894
This might be a workaround worth trying..

secular said:
Since the latest Tmobile ota update my wifi hot spot feature gives me a Tmobile message on my linked device saying i need to pay for this service. Previously, i got around this by creating a new APN of epc.tmobile.com, this no longer works. Suggestions?
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if you use google chrome or firefox look up user-agent spoofer.

diabolusmiles said:
if you use google chrome or firefox look up user-agent spoofer.
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Changing the UA(user-agent) is just one of the few obstacles to overcome. The main problem is the tmo OTA update now prevents/locks us from entering the APN needed to bypass/trick the t-mobile tethering check.

secular said:
Since the latest Tmobile ota update my wifi hot spot feature gives me a Tmobile message on my linked device saying i need to pay for this service. Previously, i got around this by creating a new APN of epc.tmobile.com, this no longer works. Suggestions?
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Geez you guys...if you want the service PAY FOR IT! Why should you get it free while others pay?

Behold_this said:
Geez you guys...if you want the service PAY FOR IT! Why should you get it free while others pay?
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We already do pay for it with our monthly contracts, we are allowed x amount of data per month, we go over it and the speed of data isn't even worth tethering. Do they give us money back on the data we don't use? No they don't, so why can't we use the data we pay for any way we want, it's not like data for a tablet costs more or anything like that, it's just greed on the providers end plain and simple.

I just ended up talking to an agent about my bill and I brought up the fact that I couldn't tether anymore, so they put that back on free of charge. I mean hell I'm already paying a decent amount monthly and I have the 5 gig package (which used to be advertised with transforming your device to a hotspot), there is no reason to ask for more other than greed?

Aydthird said:
I just ended up talking to an agent about my bill and I brought up the fact that I couldn't tether anymore, so they put that back on free of charge. I mean hell I'm already paying a decent amount monthly and I have the 5 gig package (which used to be advertised with transforming your device to a hotspot), there is no reason to ask for more other than greed?
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I also have a 5 gig plan and the hotspot is supposed to be free, but my 5 gig plan is old and the only way for me to get the hotspot is for me to give up unlimited messaging, which I then would have to pay $15 a month for, umm, yeah, they got me coming and going. BLAH

I work for tmo, and we do give it for free with the 5 & 10gb plans.
Second, I've noticed that it works with Firefox, but no other browser when tethering to a PC/Mac. I haven't edited my APN.
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I really wish it was free, especially with my unlimited 4G plan.
Haven't found anywhere in the city I don't have perfect coverage and it would be sweet to be able to use my tablet/laptop...

bruuutal said:
I really wish it was free, especially with my unlimited 4G plan.
Haven't found anywhere in the city I don't have perfect coverage and it would be sweet to be able to use my tablet/laptop...
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If you're on unlimited, it's unreasonable to ask for wifi tethering. That's like going to a "all you can eat" restaurant, and then bringing a truck to load with food.

Hunt3r.j2 said:
If you're on unlimited, it's unreasonable to ask for wifi tethering. That's like going to a "all you can eat" restaurant, and then bringing a truck to load with food.
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Lol, exactly. That's why there's home internet providers. And if you really just want to use your phone, then just get a 10gb plan that has the free hotspot. You're paying for the investment in network upgrades, your paying the engineers salary to produce a network that's very good.
And of course, the CEO's bonus checks lol
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Custom ROMs?
Do custom ROMs get rid of this pesky problem of no Wifi Hotspot?

poptartz said:
Do custom ROMs get rid of this pesky problem of no Wifi Hotspot?
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Using other roms i can tether temporarally. Well, i get a push message to stop asap or risk losing access. (Im on that unlimited plan.) so i stop. It does work though tethering to my nexus 7, im assuming because it shows it being a mobile device vs. desktop.
The default rom pushes all tethering through pcweb.tmobile.com which depending on your rate plan, determines if you get tether access. custom roms shouldn't have this setup.

I also have a Nexus 7 and the unlimited plan. I'm rooted on the S1 (no ROMs loaded yet) and am now trying to figure out where to go from here.

poptartz said:
I also have a Nexus 7 and the unlimited plan. I'm rooted on the S1 (no ROMs loaded yet) and am now trying to figure out where to go from here.
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You can try a new APN. Menu->Settings->More->Mobile Networks->APN or Access Point Names->Menu->New APN
Name it whatever you want and set the APN to epc.tmobile.com. this should bypass tmobile's tethering block.
Also, I've noticed that even if rooted, a desktop using ie, safari or chrome still gets blocked, but Firefox does not.
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