I don't want to pay $30/mo to use some of my 5 gigs of data on a PC. I get 'internet unavailable' when I use the built-in tethering or WiFi hotspot. I would rather not use PDANet if there is an easy way to get the built-in functionality working.
http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/downloads/list
Next time post in the right forum. This should have been asked under the FAQ section. It helps keep things clean and it helps someone answer quicker.
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As far as I know the hot spot just works out of the box
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I was thinking the same thing but wasn't sure if that was just something sprint allows you to use free for the first 30 days or something. I vaguely remember having this "trial" when I first got my evo I believe. I'm past my 30 days so I'll try it when I get home.
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mine worked right out the box, haven't passed my thirty days though so i don't know
If you install one of netarchys kernels it will work regardless of what plan you pay for at sprint.
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Where is the mobile hotspot that came with the phone? Ive never seen it lol
HAHA, I found it. Never even noticed. I dont get good enough service to tether anyway :/
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If you install one of netarchys kernels it will work regardless of what plan you pay for at sprint.
Ahhhh, yes you're right. This is why its always worked for me. Think I've been on a net kernel since the evo.
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mine worked right out the box, haven't passed my thirty days though so i don't know
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Yes it works out of the box but wont let you tether over 4g. If you use wireless tether it works around this.
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its def not a free trial google and or samsung forgot to block it. The same thing happend on the lg optimus s. they will figure it out sooner or later and block it. btw i work for sprint thats how i know
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its def not a free trial google and or samsung forgot to block it. The same thing happend on the lg optimus s. they will figure it out sooner or later and block it. btw i work for sprint thats how i know
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That'd how he knows its am error they over looked
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That'd how he knows its am error they over looked
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Oh. I thought everyone knew that. It was talked about alot the first week or so after the phone came out. I dont work at sprint..
Wasnt sure if he knew something he wasnt saying or whatever.
sorry i was meaning to say when sprints starts to realize ppl are geting a free service the will try to block it
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sorry i was meaning to say when sprints starts to realize ppl are geting a free service the will try to block it
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Your good man, I just misread.
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Where is the mobile hotspot that came with the phone? Ive never seen it lol
HAHA, I found it. Never even noticed. I dont get good enough service to tether anyway :/
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Settings--> Wireless & Networks ----> Tethering and Portable hotspot---> Check the box, and its free out of the box a deal Sprint signed with Google.
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Settings--> Wireless & Networks ----> Tethering and Portable hotspot---> Check the box, and its free out of the box a deal Sprint signed with Google.
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umm... are you sure?
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umm... are you sure?
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I dont think that is the case, I could be wrong though...
Why is this even a discussion???
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Why is this even a discussion???
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brumar2, my name is Mike, nice to meet you
Just outta curiosity, what device are you coming from??
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Anyone know if he's tweets mean I shouldn't be rooted and on a custom rom? I didn't think I'm uncapped with a hack
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Here's his tweet @P3Droid I can not explain, Just get that sh!+ off, If you uncapped your Bolt, GET YOUR A$$ BACK TO STOCK, NOW!!!
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Nooo. Did you use the tethering hack?
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Nope there is no tethering hack
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Only if you used the hack. Rooted and custom roms are good to go.
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Thank you
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Yup. : )
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Well jcase insured the idea that we will be okay so I thank him
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Are you talking about wireless tether as the tether hack? I don't have p3droid on my Twitter so I'm not sure I'm understanding what the hack actually is.
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Are you talking about wireless tether as the tether hack? I don't have p3droid on my Twitter so I'm not sure I'm understanding what the hack actually is.
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Ditto. What hack should we be running from?
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Only if you used the hack. Rooted and custom roms are good to go.
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which hack are you talking about. can u link to the hack in question?
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which hack are you talking about. can u link to the hack in question?
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There isn't one. Why would we need one? We get free tether til may 15 if I remember correctly.
Seems like he's just spewing nonsense. Keeps talking about undoing some hotspot and uncapped data hacks that no one has any clue what hes talking about. He keeps saying he'll post more info but doesn't, then says he'll explain later but doesn't. I think what he's talking about is AndIRC's April fools fake data hack, just scroll through his twitter feed, it makes absolutely no sense.
http://mobile.twitter.com/p3droid
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He's talking about the patch that was released to fix the wireless tether issue with the current Gingerbread version. If you just installed wireless tether without the hack then as soon as you tried to start a hotpot it would direct you to verizons page telling you to sign up for their tether package. This patch made it so wireless tether would work as it always has. For some reason he is telling whoever applied the patch to undo it. It has nothing to do with being rooted or having a custom rom installed.
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He's talking about the patch that was released to fix the wireless tether issue with the current Gingerbread version. If you just installed wireless tether without the hack then as soon as you tried to start a hotpot it would direct you to verizons page telling you to sign up for their tether package. This patch made it so wireless tether would work as it always has. For some reason he is telling whoever applied the patch to undo it. It has nothing to do with being rooted or having a custom rom installed.
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Do we even have gingerbread?
I put up a fix in development.
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Do we even have gingerbread?
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Aside from that, he keeps talking about some uncapped lte hack that no one has ever heard of, he says supposedly people were getting 40mbps, though no one has ever heard of this hack before, " If you uncapped your Bolt, GET YOUR ASS BACK TO STOCK, NOW!!!" He told some guy that if he goes over 150GB data this month Verizon will come after him lol.
Get your tin foil hat out.
Wait so if we just installed wireless tether(just for the hell of it) and used it, its fine? I'm not really understanding this either. I'm not getting crazy lte speeds either (I think)
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Aside from that, he keeps talking about some uncapped lte hack that no one has ever heard of, he says supposedly people were getting 40mbps, though no one has ever heard of this hack before, " If you uncapped your Bolt, GET YOUR ASS BACK TO STOCK, NOW!!!" He told some guy that if he goes over 150GB data this month Verizon will come after him lol.
Get your tin foil hat out.
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Yeah I think he's just starting up drama. And the 40mbps is a glitch in the speedtest app.
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Wait so if we just installed wireless tether(just for the hell of it) and used it, its fine? I'm not really understanding this either. I'm not getting crazy lte speeds either (I think)
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Again, the ridiculous speeds were a glitch. follow teamandirc on twitter.
Found this in the atrix forum and thought I would share. Seems pretty legit!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1008698
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Been known at howard forums for quite a while now. If you can get it, do as I would as it's probably never going to be offered again.
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Huge thanks for posting this thread. Capped data was my only gripe with my current at&t plan. Thanks to you pointing this out I went to the atrix thread, met up with a fellow xda member and borrowed his iphone and now I have unlimited data. All within a few hours of finding out.
Careful, I clicked on that link and my virus scanner went off. Wiped out my PC as no exe files will run.
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Careful, I clicked on that link and my virus scanner went off. Wiped out my PC as no exe files will run.
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I can't tell if your joking. My head just exploded trying to figure it out.
I'm not joking. I clicked on it to read about it, and Avg went off. I quarantined the virus and now when I try to run an exe file my computer asks me what program to use to open it. I'm about an hour in trying to figure it out. I wasn't running anything else except for my browser window when it happened.
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That sounds like a lot of work. I was talking to an AT&T rep the other day about how I could get my unlimited data plan back, he said,
"Call customer service, explain to them how you had the unlimited plan before & since switching to the 2GB plan it just isn't working out. When they tell you it can't be done tell them you'll have to cancel & go with another carrier. Just TRY it. That's all I'm gonna say."
So I'm going to give that a shot, hopefully they don't give me to much trouble.
I hope this works for me
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That sounds like a lot of work. I was talking to an AT&T rep the other day about how I could get my unlimited data plan back, he said,
"Call customer service, explain to them how you had the unlimited plan before & since switching to the 2GB plan it just isn't working out. When they tell you it can't be done tell them you'll have to cancel & go with another carrier. Just TRY it. That's all I'm gonna say."
So I'm going to give that a shot, hopefully they don't give me to much trouble.
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If you had unlimited before you can have success with calling but if not the iPhone trick takes an hour of your time and works without fail.
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Careful, I clicked on that link and my virus scanner went off. Wiped out my PC as no exe files will run.
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Are you high or do you work for at&t? Maybe you should stop dloading so much porn...
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If you had unlimited before you can have success with calling but if not the iPhone trick takes an hour of your time and works without fail.
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Takes an hour of your time plus HAVING an iPhone 2g.
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Takes an hour of your time plus HAVING an iPhone 2g.
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Yeah but even if you have to buy one you can get them from an online seller with a return policy which winds up costing only shipping charges.
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Takes an hour of your time plus HAVING an iPhone 2g.
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Isn't this community about sharing? If you don't like the idea then don't post a comment... I was grandfathered in on unlimited data and thought I would share with those that don't share the same luxury. (end rant)
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Takes an hour of your time plus HAVING an iPhone 2g.
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I understand your point of view but not everyone had an unlimited data plan to begin with. I personally didn't and bought the captivate in September so I wasn't given the option. I tried calling back in Oct/Nov to try to talk a representative into giving me the unlimited plan but had no success. Another thing to consider is you may not be given back the plan no matter how much you complain/threaten to move to verizon. This is something that is known to work for the time being so I don't see why it's a big deal.
I had an unlimited plan before I got my Captivate and they told me I had to switch to the 2 gig plan because my previous one wouldn't work with smart phones. So my question is, did I get screwed and if so is it possible to call customer service and switch back.
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I had an unlimited plan before I got my Captivate and they told me I had to switch to the 2 gig plan because my previous one wouldn't work with smart phones. So my question is, did I get screwed and if so is it possible to call customer service and switch back.
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What phone was your previous unlimited plan?
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jcabibi said:
What phone was your previous unlimited plan?
It was a pantech matrix
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jcabibi said:
What phone was your previous unlimited plan?
It was a pantech matrix
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Thats weird, prior to the captivate I had the samsung jack which is a winmo 6.1/6.5 phone like the pantech matrix. I had no problem transferring my unlimited plan to the captivate. Hate to say it, but sounds like you got the shaft...
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Thats weird, prior to the captivate I had the samsung jack which is a winmo 6.1/6.5 phone like the pantech matrix. I had no problem transferring my unlimited plan to the captivate. Hate to say it, but sounds like you got the shaft...
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Thats what I thought lol, I guesse I'll have to call and complain my way back. Or try at least :-(
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jcabibi said:
Thats what I thought lol, I guesse I'll have to call and complain my way back. Or try at least :-(
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good luck man, at least you know how to get it back at&t will not cooperate.
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Can someone give me an idea on a better option of a carrier? I have simple mobile but the data is so extremely slow. Anyone know where a better option would be? Gettin rid of my cappy,isn't happening lol
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At&t has good coverage, in exchange for your wallet and first born.
Att is not that bad if you have a friend/buddy right you up on a corporate discount. I'm saving 20% by "working" for Coke.
Ahh, too true. I've known some buddies employed with them. Amazing discounts. And they do let you have android devices now, instead of just the iPhone.
Side note, did you see the new south park episode with the ihumancentipede? ewwwww
off topic but yes that south park episode was awesome
well i wish i could find a good guide on how to flash phones,its not illegal so i dont see why i cant find one anywhere
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well i wish i could find a good guide on how to flash phones,its not illegal so i dont see why i cant find one anywhere
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what are you talking about???
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what are you talking about???
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I have a droid x with a bad esn. My buddy lost it and the insurance company sentt him a new one and when he found it he gave it to me. Im trying to find a quide on how to flash it to another carrier but I can't find one anywhere
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a droid x will only work on CDMA networks.....and will likely ONLY work on verizon.
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a droid x will only work on CDMA networks.....and will likely ONLY work on verizon.
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No,Verizon phones can be flashed to metro pcs and cricket. I just find the guide on how to
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is there a reason you go through so much trouble to use horrible providers? just wondering.
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is there a reason you go through so much trouble to use horrible providers? just wondering.
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Well see I'm not quite 18 so I can't get a phone In my name yet and I've been in four contracts and was the only one who payed the bill. So for another 5 months I'm stuck trying to find a good prepaid deal. And it would be nice to have decent working internet. I'm wanting to go back to at&t but I think there prices are fixing to go up once they buy out t mobile
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From right here on XDA
Flash it to cricket
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=708937
not sure if it works or not, but worth a read if you still need the info
Has anyone been able to do this? I tried about 10 apps cant get any of them to work. Can get usb tether to work but not wifi( would like to use for ipad). I also rooted but still not working. Thanks
Download Titanium Backup and install. Go to "Backup/Restore" scroll down to Tethering Manager and tap to open. Chose freeze and reboot.
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Pretty good find right there. This won't trigger att to remove my unlimited data will it?
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Yes it will they will notice your data usage and pop you for it mabye after a week mabye a month but they most likely will find out
So far, AT&T hasn't said anything. I have been using for the months with other phones. Including the Galaxy S II and now SGII Skyrocket
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Well good luck. You may be one of the lucky ones if they catch u thy can actually terminate your contract
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Well good luck. You may be one of the lucky ones if they catch u thy can actually terminate your contract
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You will get a few warnings before....
I tethered on my iphone for about 5 months, then 3 months after stopping I started getting texts about "illegal tethering".
They wont cancel your contract, they will just change your plan to a 4GB/month + tethering plan if you continue to tether.
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Thanks
Thanks El Camino for responding. It worked perfectly.
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Thanks El Camino for responding. It worked perfectly.
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Your welcome.
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This is very interesting. Not even Verizon is this pushy about tethering, LOL. At&t will roll out the ban hammer apparently.
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As title states, I saw a post some were asking if the 5 gig data plan includes tethering. I just got of the phone with t mobile and it dose. Just for anyone who was wandering.
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are you rooted
i tried it with a rooted one s and didn't work
will try my Tether App
No i have stock phone. To be clear though. I do not own a laptop so I can't test it. I'm just relaying what the T-Mobile dude told me. But when I connect my usb to the desktop and select USB tether I don't get any blocks or messages so I would conclude that the USB tethering is permitted.
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maybe because i am rooted
my tether app works though
Okay, I think I know...first install the HTC sync driver.... Then make sure that works. And I bet the tether well work then. It did for me I tested on the desktop. Good luck.
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Already installed but not recognizing phone. It did recognize phone when first installed. Has given me some some adb issues. Will probaly uninstall it.
Well at least you can get it to work with another tether app. And plus since tethering is included in the 5 gigs plan they shouldn't bother you about tethering. I don't think they care what app you use anyway.
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They did with my nexus one.
Hopefully they won't bother me with this phone.
The guy at Tmobile said I needed to pay 5 dollars a month for the data plan that included tethering. He said it was needed for the phone... I always root my devices so I tether either way but I said okay and got the phone. Since I was paying for it I decided to try it out and it's actually not bad. You activate it through the wifi hotspots in the app drawer. I'm on a EU rom now so I'm not sure what it's called on Tmobile US rom... Anyways it works perfectly and is able to tether up to 8 devices but I would assume you're data couldn't handle that much lol. Goes to show how good Tmobile thinks their HSPA is.... It is pretty nice having the option tethering multiple devices. I'm happy paying 5 bucks for that feature
Oh I almost forgot it works perfectly rooted or unrooted... I tried it before rooting and it works just the same now.
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I know when I get a laptop ill tether the poo out of this phone. And I dare them to say anything to me...lol
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maybe because i am rooted
my tether app works though
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Hey rugmankc, what tether app are you using?
Didn't have to worry about this with CM7 on the N1.
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As title states, I saw a post some were asking if the 5 gig data plan includes tethering. I just got of the phone with t mobile and it dose. Just for anyone who was wandering.
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The 5 gig plan includes tethering. I am not rooted and upgraded to that plan for the purpose of tethering and it includes it. At first it did not work, I called and said, I was told this plan included tethering, the lady was very nice and enabled it. Told me to turn the phone off and reboot and then it would work. It did. I haven't done anything else and the native app works great.
I have the 5gig plan didn't know this was included thanks
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I have the 5gig plan didn't know this was included thanks
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Me either... Is it the same for 10gb? I just changed my plan when got the one s
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Me either... Is it the same for 10gb? I just changed my plan when got the one s
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I think if the 5 does, so should the 10 gb, I think at one point it was advertised as having tethering, just call and act like you were told this was the case. I thought I was going to have to threaten things but they did it without argument.
I just looked at their webpage and all their new plans seem to include it. It doesn't hurt to call.
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Hey rugmankc, what tether app are you using?
Didn't have to worry about this with CM7 on the N1.
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It is a paid app. But cheaper than 10.00 twice a year on vacation. No pc available atm and in 2g only area and spent last nite in ER. So, didn't read anything on the tmo free tether with 5gb plan which I have.
http://tether.com/android/windows