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(Q) Anyone using wireless hotspot or tether?

Was curious to give it a shot. Wanted to know if anyone has been busted and charged or any that has zero problems with using these features
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I've not had a problem using them and At&T has never questioned me either.
My kids watch so much YouTube on my phone that my data usage is pretty high each month...(I still have an unlimited plan)... so it's not unusual for me to go over 5 gigs or better.
But someone that jumps from not even a gig to over 5 all of a sudden might raise a few eyebrows.
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I tether to play xbox live and use about 300 mb everyday and havent recieved any notice from att
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What do you use? The built in app?

i use the built in app and it works flawlessly and gives better options than the wireless tether app (ie encryption-wise and tracking connected devices)

I use the built in app
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Built in app? Which app is that? I am rooted using the unity ROM,and I'm no noob,yet I am curious to which built in app yall mean?! When I plug in my phone to usb I'm guessing I could select "internet pass thru" and yes after almost 5 years I'm still puzzled. I have always used wireless hotspot or pdanet (back in the orginal tilt haha).
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The built-in app is called Wi-Fi Hotspot.
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erraz said:
I tether to play xbox live and use about 300 mb everyday and havent recieved any notice from att
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really..how is that when you play online? is it laggy?

If you get 3 bars you will hardly lag and if you have 4 bars you will have no lag
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If you don't have the unlimited data plan, I wouldn't recommend using it. I used it and SIGNIFICANTLY went over my data plan cap and was billed overage charges.

I got busted with AT&T using an iPhone... convinced them I had no idea what tethering was or jailbreaking, etc so they let me keep my unlimited plan. Even let me switch it when I got an Inspire after telling me I needed a "4G data plan", even though they don't have 4G... morons. Anyways, I think I'll try it on here. If you haven't gotten busted playing Live, I should be ok.

As long as you don't go crazy you're fine.
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@OP:
As long as u r within reasonable limits, it should all be fine. I do, once in a while, to connect to my office laptop to check mails n stuff, and NOT to download huge files nor stream media.

I say keep it under ten gigs and you will be fine
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erraz said:
I say keep it under ten gigs and you will be fine
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Don't count on 10 gigs as a soft limit. Companies are working towards eliminating unlimited plans, and eliminating the one in a <many many> stray customers who hog bandwidth hardly make any difference.

in my town AT&T sucks, coverage is completely spotty, we just got 3G about 2 weeks ago and the coverage is unbearable, in my house i get no service at all but when i go in the middle of town it will jump between 5 bars with 3G to 1-2 bars with edge constantly but when ever i go to a city with good 3G im tethering to my mac constantly and my data never goes over 1.5 GB even though i have the unlimited plan

I used WiFi Hotspot once when my home landline internet was on the fritz for a few hours. It was a nice backup.

diablo009 said:
Don't count on 10 gigs as a soft limit. Companies are working towards eliminating unlimited plans, and eliminating the one in a <many many> stray customers who hog bandwidth hardly make any difference.
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There is no limit that's why its called unlimited data and I use around 6 gigs a month but I said to keep it under 10 just to be safe
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erraz said:
There is no limit that's why its called unlimited data and I use around 6 gigs a month but I said to keep it under 10 just to be safe
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I get ur point. But u know I've seen many posts here in some threads where I saw people bragging that they used way excess of 10GB and even as a replacement to home internet service. I was only indicating that as long as one doesn't abuse the network, he/she should be good. Sorry if what I said sounded differently than what I had in mind.

Is USB Tethering on Sensation free?!

Hey Guys, I've been in Atlantic City for two days. Have my macbook and my Sensation. Have been paying $12.99 a day for internet. I have two more days and have GREAT 4G signal in my hotel room. I would like tether either using my USB or WiFi tether. I don't think WiFi tether is free, but is USB tethering? And how does it work?
thanks in advance everyone!

It just goes against your GB cap you have on your account; but it's "free". Go for it. Plug in your sensation to the laptop and it will come up with a menu with options.
Only thing you'll need to change is under "Settings" > Wireless & Networks > USB Tethering Settings and select "OSX" instead of windows....assuming it defaults to windows.

I do WiFi hotspot all that time since when I'm at work there's no WiFi n sometimes I need to use my compok, plus I get excellent 4g signal/speeds. Bt like the above poster said, its "free", just goes against ur GB cap.
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GB Cap?
Sorry I'm new. What is GB Cap?

snarestud940 said:
Sorry I'm new. What is GB Cap?
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Gigabyte Cap (2 gig, 5 gig..etc); Tmo plans give you a tiered gigabyte maximum use for data before they throttle you each month (slow you down after surpassing said cap).
So don't go downloading a movie or torrents unless you want to eat that up really fast; web surfing, e-mail, games etc should be fine.

It should be mentioned that once the cap is exceeded, your connection will slow down BELOW the 2-300Kbps EDGE speeds that 2G normally is capable of. Its generally more 30-40Kbps.

EtherealRemnant said:
It should be mentioned that once the cap is exceeded, your connection will slow down BELOW the 2-300Kbps EDGE speeds that 2G normally is capable of. Its generally more 30-40Kbps.
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Wow!! I thought it would be throttled back to their normal 3G. They take it all the way down to edge. That is AWFUL!!!

So WiFi tethering on the sensation is free until u pass the cap each month?
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snarestud940 said:
So WiFi tethering on the sensation is free until u pass the cap each month?
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Its still free (included in your plan) after the cap although barely usable as a tethering device because of the low speeds. Remember the US Robotics X2 ?

so it goes against your data plan? or against your gigabyte usage for wifi hotspot? I'm confused. Don't I have unlimited internet on my phone? Or is that capped?

Not so much"capped", but all the plans have a throttling point, assuming you have a current plan. It should be in the name of the data plan. The older unlimited plans had a 5gig throttling point. You can check your usage by dialing #web#

fyi: If tmob catches you teathering with there AI Alarms, then you'll have to also pay for a monthly Teather plan...

what wifi tether to use

i just flashed the blackhole rom and all i can say is wow. it is incredible, so much cooler than some of the other ones ive found. but anyways im rooted and i was wondering what a good wifi tethering app to use is. obviously a free one that i wont have to pay ridiculous amounts of money for each month on my bill if i use it

Good luck with that. Most carriers are trying to crack down on this theft...check the market place they are there

Speaking of tether I have three questions.
1. If you start using a ridiculous amount of data you think vzw would catch on and try to charge you for it?
2. When vzw transitions to tiered data, they can't modify your plan if you currently have unlimited data can they?
3. Does vzw throttle data at a certain point?
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I use android-wifi-tether
code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/downloads/list

yep use wife tether
http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/downloads/list
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1. probably if ur in the top 5% of users of data
2. no they cant. you are grandfathered in
3. not the 4g. i heard of people saying they used 40, 65 even 80 gb and they did not get throttled or cut off.

Jaskwith said:
Speaking of tether I have three questions.
1. If you start using a ridiculous amount of data you think vzw would catch on and try to charge you for it?
2. When vzw transitions to tiered data, they can't modify your plan if you currently have unlimited data can they?
3. Does vzw throttle data at a certain point?
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these phones can use quite a bit of data themselves. I think most of the apps use the "stealth" type of tether where verizon would have to guess that you were tethering based off of overall data usage.
verizon can throttle you. According to their policy, they will throttle the top 5% of data users, esp during peak times so as to not effect their network.

Jaskwith said:
Speaking of tether I have three questions.
1. If you start using a ridiculous amount of data you think vzw would catch on and try to charge you for it?
2. When vzw transitions to tiered data, they can't modify your plan if you currently have unlimited data can they?
3. Does vzw throttle data at a certain point?
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1. If you have unlimited data, then it wouldn't matter. If they can't prove you tether, then they can't charge you.
2. If you have unlimited data, you will be grandfathered into unlimited until you change your plan.
3. I've heard reports that they do and don't. I have never noticed being throttled, but I don't use a lot of data.
Verizon will soon be able to detect tether users. If you ever get an official update to your phone, say goodbye to tethering. Also google is starting to restrict downloads of tether apps to certain carriers, and you can bet verizon will be one of them.
Tethering days are numbered.
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I would recommend wireless tether.
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im running open garden wifi...same thing as wifi tether. i can't find wifi tether on the market

To find Wireless Tether on the market, you have to go into Airplane mode, enable WiFi and then search for it there.

or simply go to this website
http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/

Those of you saying that VZW can't change your data plan/charge you extra and can't detect tethering are fools. The valid question is not whether they can do these things, it is a matter of whether they care or not. Right now I'm sure that they don't. The future is always an unknown.

I wonder if its downloaded through the phone if VZW would have record of it somewhere?

sg1dan said:
or simply go to this website
http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/
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I've used that particular tethering app on various phones successfully in the past, and am in fact tethered with it over my Droid Charge (with version 3.1 beta). On most phones it's shown as an ad-hoc connection, not a real "access point" or "hotspot" like it does with the official tethering app. (The Charge right now is showing as an ad-hoc device, not a real wifi ap.)
Which version are you using on the Thunderbolt? What settings? I tried it this morning on the TB with 3.1 and while it appeared to work and connect as a real hotspot with the laptop, the laptop couldn't get any connections beyond the TB. I had everything on "auto".
Any hints/tips appreciated.
The connection right now for me on the Charge is more stable than with the official hotspot app...and it was the same with the official app on my Thunderbolt. I've posted youtube videos of both phones being used as a hotspot where the mobile data connection keeps flickering off, sometimes as rapidly as on for 5 seconds, no data for 5 seconds. It was maddening. Yesterday I had to pull out my TMobile Nexus S and use it's CM7 hotspot (which shows as a real access point, btw) to get a useable connection to the web.
Seems like the VZW official offerings aren't very stable.

I use the Wireless Tether 3.0 beta but you have to go to settings and click hTC routing fix for it to work.

BariB523 said:
I use the Wireless Tether 3.0 beta but you have to go to settings and click hTC routing fix for it to work.
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Thanks! I missed that one in the settings. I also had to change the Device Profile from Auto to Generic, but now I'm tethered on my MacBook via the Thunderbolt, and it shows as a real access point.

I have been using wireless tether for root users on Das Bamf 3.0 RC4 with MR2 radio and have not had any drop issues thus far.

Just downloaded this as well. Works great! Thanks for the tip

I believe the 2.0.7 one from the Google site is the only one that works on the thunderbolt.

JetBlk said:
Just downloaded this as well. Works great! Thanks for the tip
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Dude, you're on Verizon now too Cool!
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[Q] How do I stop network throttling?

Hi, I'm with three's "the one plan" that includes unlimited data and tethering. I'm using this as a substitute for my home broadband, I get around 20Mb/s for the first couple of hours I tether, but after a while my speeds are greatly throttled down to around 1.5Mb/s the second I enable tethering. Is there any way I can stop the throttling? It is really furstrating, thanks. I heard that xenonHD rom has a 3g speedhack that can bypass it?

No such thing as they are just throttling you based on the amount of data you've downloaded i'm sure. So after X amount of time they slow you down. Simple as that.

What about mobile providers that don't let you torrent at all, is there any way to work around that? Because as soon as you try and download a torrent it just sits and and doesn't do anything.
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shotta35 said:
No such thing as they are just throttling you based on the amount of data you've downloaded i'm sure. So after X amount of time they slow you down. Simple as that.
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That can't be the case though; if I restart my phone or toggle aeroplane mode then my speeds got back up to 20Mb/s and remain at that until I enable tethering again, then my speed drops again.

zobi123 said:
What about mobile providers that don't let you torrent at all, is there any way to work around that? Because as soon as you try and download a torrent it just sits and and doesn't do anything.
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VPN...

nexus_roadhouse said:
That can't be the case though; if I restart my phone or toggle aeroplane mode then my speeds got back up to 20Mb/s and remain at that until I enable tethering again, then my speed drops again.
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Because the provider limits your tethering speed exactly for that reason, your trying to replace something like cable Internet with mobile data which would never work.
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zobi123 said:
Because the provider limits your tethering speed exactly for that reason, your trying to replace something like cable Internet with mobile data which would never work.
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I don't think they do limit tethering speeds, because I can get a solid 20Mb/s on tethering for the first few hours, then it gets throttled.

Get a home connection then the problem solved.

nexus_roadhouse said:
Hi, I'm with three's "the one plan" that includes unlimited data and tethering. I'm using this as a substitute for my home broadband, I get around 20Mb/s for the first couple of hours I tether, but after a while my speeds are greatly throttled down to around 1.5Mb/s the second I enable tethering. Is there any way I can stop the throttling? It is really furstrating, thanks. I heard that xenonHD rom has a 3g speedhack that can bypass it?
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Sprint does not throttle you, i download like 100 gigabytes every month and never complain
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nexus_roadhouse said:
Hi, I'm with three's "the one plan" that includes unlimited data and tethering. I'm using this as a substitute for my home broadband, I get around 20Mb/s for the first couple of hours I tether, but after a while my speeds are greatly throttled down to around 1.5Mb/s the second I enable tethering. Is there any way I can stop the throttling? It is really furstrating, thanks. I heard that xenonHD rom has a 3g speedhack that can bypass it?
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And there's your problem. Mobile Internet is meant to supplement your broadband connection, not replace it. Just imagine what would happen if everybody ditched their home cable Internet connection and relied on their cellular service provider to consume all that data with their desktop/laptop. The networks would be overloaded, no one would be able to download or upload anything. That's why cellular providers have such stringent bandwidth caps on data and especially tethering. They're just not equipped to handle all of that traffic.

I think in Kitkat tethering can be detected by the service provider if used from android tether option. Try using 3rd party apps like easy tether or clockworkmod tether

proRaZr said:
I think in Kitkat tethering can be detected by the service provider if used from android tether option. Try using 3rd party apps like easy tether or clockworkmod tether
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Yeah that's what I was thinking, but I couldn't fins any third parry tethering apps that were any good, I'll give them ones you mentioned a try when I get home.
The reason I'm using 3g as my home broadband is because I live in the country side where I'm paying over twice as much for 2Mb/s broadband, when I could get 20Mb/s

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Hi, I'm with three's "the one plan" that includes unlimited data and tethering. I'm using this as a substitute for my home broadband, I get around 20Mb/s for the first couple of hours I tether, but after a while my speeds are greatly throttled down to around 1.5Mb/s the second I enable tethering. Is there any way I can stop the throttling? It is really furstrating, thanks. I heard that xenonHD rom has a 3g speedhack that can bypass it?
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Not sure, but this thread appears to be pertinent.

Three's T&C's don't mention anything unless you get near 1000GB a month...
http://www.three.co.uk/Privacy_Cookies/Terms_Conditions?site=d&content_aid=1220469566802
I'd speak to them and ask them what's going on

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Three's T&C's don't mention anything unless you get near 1000GB a month...
http://www.three.co.uk/Privacy_Cookies/Terms_Conditions?site=d&content_aid=1220469566802
I'd speak to them and ask them what's going on
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I contacted them a couple of days ago and they said their technical department will ring me back but i keep missing their call, I managed to catch them at lunch today and told them to call me back around 5pm, i'll see what they say.

http://support.three.co.uk/SRVS/CGI-BIN/WEBISAPI.DLL?Command=New,Kb=Mobile,Ts=Mobile,T=Article,varset_cat=signal,varset_subcat=3804,Case=obj(4046)

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http://support.three.co.uk/SRVS/CGI-BIN/WEBISAPI.DLL?Command=New,Kb=Mobile,Ts=Mobile,T=Article,varset_cat=signal,varset_subcat=3804,Case=obj(4046)
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I spoke to three technical support on the phone and he said I'm not being throttled and there is no fault with the network he also said that "three do not throttle the speed of any users". So I don't know what the issue is, I'm running cataclysm ROM and elemental x kernel, do you think this has anything to do with it?

Stock has the throttle thing in data usage.

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Stock has the throttle thing in data usage.
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Do you mean the "set mobile data limit"? If so i've always had that turned off. If you didn't mean that please could you elaborate?
I flashed my nexus back to stock image a couple of days ago but this hasn't fixed anything, still pulling my hair out here!

Yeah, the "set mobile data limit".

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Hello Everyone,
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Hello! How did you manage to get unlimited data with Verizon? Were you grandfathered in? I really wish I could have kept my unlimited data, but I lost it a while back.
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I still have unlimited grandfathered in. I make full use of it lol... 30gb/month on avg.
(I don't have a stable internet connection where I am so 4g tether is all I use)
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David 617 said:
I still have unlimited grandfathered in. I make full use of it lol... 30gb/month on avg.
(I don't have a stable internet connection where I am so 4g tether is all I use)
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Whoa, 30gb/mo?! Ha, way to get your money's worth! I'm on unlimited still too, but usually hover at the 6-7gb/mo range.
Have you noticed any speed reductions from big red's throttling? I've read that all of the major providers throttle speeds for the top x% of bandwidth users. I haven't noticed anything though, and 4g speeds are still great in my area

I unfortunately have to rely on my tethering for internet too. I live down a long dirt lane that no cable internet company wants to build down. I also don't have unlimited internet on my phone, so my cell phone bill is through the roof. School requires me to use my computer a lot so normally I have to buy around 15-30 gb of data per month. Beyond expensive.
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