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[Q] T-Mobile Sensation has built in hotspot enabled?

For those of you who have devices already...
Does the the Sensation in stock form from T-Mobile have the gingerbread built-in portable hotspot functions enabled like it is on the Nexus S? I am considering switching but this may be a deal breaker for me since I use hotspot fairly often.

metajames said:
For those of you who have devices already...
Does the the Sensation in stock form from T-Mobile have the gingerbread built-in portable hotspot functions enabled like it is on the Nexus S? I am considering switching but this may be a deal breaker for me since I use hotspot fairly often.
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Yeah it does.

Awesome, thank you.

Htc WIFI HOT SPOT
hi with my htc sensation wifi hotspot i can only access port 80 only. i try port 8080 and 3389 its dos not work
also port 25 smtp.
can you confirm this
im not sure is it me or my phone only issue
i can use phone browser for all the web (ports)
Thanks
Himala

does t-mobile charge extra for using the mobile hotspot? or do I have to sign up for their tethering plan?

tsekh501 said:
does t-mobile charge extra for using the mobile hotspot? or do I have to sign up for their tethering plan?
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Have to pay an extra $10 a month
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mouzaihem said:
Have to pay an extra $10 a month
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i am on my pc using tethered net from my sensation 4g on T-mobile and it was no additional charge.
my plan is $30 for 5gb

hyphydragon said:
i am on my pc using tethered net from my sensation 4g on T-mobile and it was no additional charge.
my plan is $30 for 5gb
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Yeah, I used it without any plan or extra charges.

Search button, questions go in the Q&A section, etc etc...
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The app has some nicer features than the stock hotspot. Has a guide that always starts that's annoying.

mouzaihem said:
Have to pay an extra $10 a month
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You are being robbed if they're charging you.

yea, there is no additional charge... maybe it's time to update your plan if they're charging you

so,guys can you clarify this,
how and what to do to get hotspot with the htc sensation?
i have the 30$ / data plan.
thanks for any advice...

bosanci28 said:
so,guys can you clarify this,
how and what to do to get hotspot with the htc sensation?
i have the 30$ / data plan.
thanks for any advice...
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Nothing, just have a data plan and use the app.

Yep I pay 30 a month and I get the tethering with it! However my sister and her boy friend both own the samsung vibrant and they both had to pay an extra $10 a month to get the tethering option enabled
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aNYthing24 said:
Nothing, just have a data plan and use the app.
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so you saying that the "tethering" is the built in app? right now that we have into the phone?
or we have to pay to get that app? (i see that is 29$ on their site..)
thanks,

i think its on tmobile's website somewhere that states if you want tethering it requires a 20 dollar web plan or above.

bosanci28 said:
so you saying that the "tethering" is the built in app? right now that we have into the phone?
or we have to pay to get that app? (i see that is 29$ on their site..)
thanks,
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It comes on the phone. The app is called Wi-Fi Hotspot. USB tethering also shows up as an option when you plug in a USB to the phone that's attached to your computer.

aNYthing24 said:
It comes on the phone. The app is called Wi-Fi Hotspot. USB tethering also shows up as an option when you plug in a USB that's attached to your computer.
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oh,ok i understand,
thanks will try,

bosanci28 said:
oh,ok i understand,
thanks will try,
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No problem. Hope it works out for you.

Wifi Tethering Extra Cost?

Well, I would like to wifi tether my SGS4G but it's an extra $15/month. So I was wondering if I rooted my SGS4G, would wifi tethering be free?

yes just root stock and flash the tether fix thats floating around. you dont have to switch roms.
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im using sprint btw.
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Yeah. Keep in mind that it will void your warranty though.

As long as T-Mobile doesn't detect it, you won't have to pay for it. A customer service rep actually told me that when I asked about it. My sister was using the wireless tethering for months without paying for a plan.
Keep in mind that this was a couple of months ago though. They might have gotten more strict about that.

wifi tethering is included on any android phone 2.2 or higher at no additional cost. (the one thing that i am going to miss about tmobile :*(

Wait, my SGS4G has Froyo, but everyone says that it's extra cost.

DevSun said:
Wait, my SGS4G has Froyo, but everyone says that it's extra cost.
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If you can tether now without a plan, you're fine.
Just stop once T-Mobile says, "Hey, you've been tethering! You can't do that without a plan!!!" Tell them that the customer rep you went to said you could.
Like I said in my previous post, as long as they don't tell you that you need a plan, you can get away with free tethering. Just keep in mind this information is a few months old.

I believe you can tether with Tmobile, you'll just hit your bandwidth cap a lot sooner and your speed will be throttled down to 2G speeds after you hit your limit.

cajones42 said:
yes just root stock and flash the tether fix thats floating around. you dont have to switch roms.
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What tether fix??
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T-Mobile us 5gb plan includes tethering

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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rugmankc said:
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.
Thanks

6370 said:
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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ickedmel said:
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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glacierguy said:
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.

baseballfanz said:
Hey rugmankc, what tether app are you using?
Didn't have to worry about this with CM7 on the N1.
Thanks
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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

Truly unlimited data T-Mobile.

Anyone have it? They told me that I can't tether the phone once I switch. But I'm rooted and was wondering if they can see if I'm tethering.
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rvdangel630 said:
Anyone have it? They told me that I can't tether the phone once I switch. But I'm rooted and was wondering if they can see if I'm tethering.
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I would like them to offer unlimited data for the rest of my life. Please don’t exploit it with a workaround. Oh, and I have a rooted HTC One S and was able to tether for about 20 minutes, then was redirected to a t-mobile page explaining how to purchase. Don't be that sliver of the market that causes the engineers to drop the unlimited plan. They are taking a risk offering it in the first place.
Respectfully,
Josh-

How does the limit on roami.g data work with this plan.
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Should be able to use the tmobile apn settings to get around the tethering restriction. Search the threads, the settings are around here somewhere. I think one (or more) of the rom threads in the development section show the settings, maybe Axiom or Trickdroid if I'm not mistaken...

Yeah I tried that with mine the APN changes.
Got it to work at first where before it didn't.
It transfered about 100 MB worth of data then I got the redirect trying to sell me the service and stopped working.

WiFi tether for root users works wonders, I haven't had problems with it on my 5Gb plan.
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I Actually Work For T-Mobile Myself & The APN Has Worked Fine, & Actually Tethering Is Already Included Within The 5GB Data Plan Without Root Lol

xxquicksh0txx said:
WiFi tether for root users works wonders, I haven't had problems with it on my 5Gb plan.
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He's asking about the new, truly unlimited plans, not the capped ones.
T_O_N_Y_ said:
I Actually Work For T-Mobile Myself & The APN Has Worked Fine, & Actually Tethering Is Already Included Within The 5GB Data Plan Without Root Lol
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I have the unlimited 4G data plan with Tmobile. I used almost 1gb of data in about 10 days already. In my account, it says it has 9999 gb total for me; Guessing 9999 gb equates to unlimited. It's worth it IMO for 30 bucks a month.

Does T-Mobile charge me for using wifi hotspot?

Hi guys Im switching from Simple Mobile to T-Mobile (Same thing I know...) I was on the $40 plan now on T-Mobile im switching to their $30 plan.
I searched around checking if I get charged for using the hotspot on my phone, some say yes they catch you and others say no its built into the phone.
Anyone want to clarify this? Spec's in my signature.

This isn't the T-Mobile forum
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52me52 said:
Hi guys Im switching from Simple Mobile to T-Mobile (Same thing I know...) I was on the $40 plan now on T-Mobile im switching to their $30 plan.
I searched around checking if I get charged for using the hotspot on my phone, some say yes they catch you and others say no its built into the phone.
Anyone want to clarify this? Spec's in my signature.
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If you root your phone and download a wifi tether app, it will work regardless.
If you go to, say, Settings>Wireless and Networks>Tethering, for me, it does check if you have tethering in your plan.
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