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free Mobile Hotspot ending on 15th.. best alternatives?

Few more days now and the mobile hotspost will end.. now my question is. what is the best tethering?
i am rooted and using dasbamf 1.6.3
is there any way to patch the mobile hotspot? i have the barnacle and i preferred the native tethering on TB.

Wireless tether for root users... Perhaps
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It would be better to just pay for it..... Unauthorized tether is the #1 reason for locked bootloaders and such IMHO.
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mcmillanje said:
It would be better to just pay for it..... Unauthorized tether is the #1 reason for locked bootloaders and such IMHO.
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What does tethering have anything to do with the bootloader?

mcmillanje said:
It would be better to just pay for it..... Unauthorized tether is the #1 reason for locked bootloaders and such IMHO.
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LMFAO!!!! Seriously! Wow. The hardware manufacturers that create locked bootloaders could care less about wireless tethering. The dumb pipe cell companies are the only ones that care about it. The locked bootloaders are so you cant screw with their bloated overlay. IMO.

"wireless tether"
I think its no longer on the market. Recently got removed. If u PM me I will send it to you in an email though

You can just download it from their site here.
http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/
As long as you're rooted you can install it from there by going to the download tab and downloading 2.0.7 or any of the stable build.
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Should be available from the market if you turn on airplane mode, then re-enable WiFi. It is the wireless carriers that are causing gathering apps to be filtered from the market, this should work around it, though.
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Depends on what you are doing. Overall if you are just tethering to your computer PDAnet is your best bet. Xbox or PS3 (Ha if they ever get their network back) I would stay with Wireless Tether for root users.

miketoasty said:
Depends on what you are doing. Overall if you are just tethering to your computer PDAnet is your best bet. Xbox or PS3 (Ha if they ever get their network back) I would stay with Wireless Tether for root users.
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Or you could google and see what everyone else has done on xda before you:
http://webcache.googleusercontent.c...t=clnk&gl=us&lr=lang_en&source=www.google.com
http://www.google.com/search?q=PdaN...um=50&lr=lang_en&ft=i&cr=&safe=off&tbs=,qdr:y
Note that all of the info is for 3g only phones and may or may not work 100% on ours.

They will be charging for the wireless hotspot app for sure. Does anyone know for sure if wired tether will remain free? I have heard "opinions", but nothing credible. VZ wouldn't tell me either.

turbosrrgood said:
They will be charging for the wireless hotspot app for sure. Does anyone know for sure if wired tether will remain free? I have heard "opinions", but nothing credible. VZ wouldn't tell me either.
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Nope. All tethering will be paid unless you root to get around it.

Mustang02 said:
Nope. All tethering will be paid unless you root to get around it.
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If that's the case, has anyone been able to get wired tether (better anyway, data remains active on the device) to work? The htc tethering app seems to interfere.
Wireless tether works fine.

When I used "wireless tether for root users" my data was still active? I was able to make calls and reply to an email while being connected with a laptop.
I don't use it very often which is why I can't justify the extra cost per month. I had purchased "tether" while it was 50% for my blackberry for the same reason. They have that for android now to so that is an option for people.
Swyped from my Thunderbolt

If 4g speed can stay the same for the other tethering device. you can almost cancel internet at home, unless you play games

Is that like a cordless extension cord?
hippofisher said:
"wireless tether"
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MisterDonut said:
If 4g speed can stay the same for the other tethering device. you can almost cancel internet at home, unless you play games
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This is the sort of logic that will cause unlimited data plans to skyrocket in price or even be abandoned.

WillTheGreat said:
You can just download it from their site here.
http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/
As long as you're rooted you can install it from there by going to the download tab and downloading 2.0.7 or any of the stable build.
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Avg has this as a virus
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WillTheGreat said:
You can just download it from their site here.
As long as you're rooted you can install it from there by going to the download tab and downloading 2.0.7 or any of the stable build.
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Cant go wrong with that advice!

Android central forums has a guy saying Verizon told him the free hotspot was extended.
Be nice if it is true, but you know how these things go.
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Any way to tether with 4G?

Just got my Nexus S 4G, running it 100% stock and not sure if I will ever root/ROM it yet. I can tether fine using built-in Wifi hotspot. As we know, the tether kills 4G and forces 3G when active.
I only actually have 3G at my house, so I can't test any other methods, but I am wondering if any other tethering tools will allow 4G tether? For example, Barnacle wifi or PDAnet USB... tools I've used in the past on rooted phones. And if either of these methods does work for 4G tethering... is root required? Would appreciate hearing from anyone who has 4G available nearby and has tested these methods on rooted/unrooted phones.
Thanks!

The111 said:
Just got my Nexus S 4G, running it 100% stock and not sure if I will ever root/ROM it yet. I can tether fine using built-in Wifi hotspot. As we know, the tether kills 4G and forces 3G when active.
I only actually have 3G at my house, so I can't test any other methods, but I am wondering if any other tethering tools will allow 4G tether? For example, Barnacle wifi or PDAnet USB... tools I've used in the past on rooted phones. And if either of these methods does work for 4G tethering... is root required? Would appreciate hearing from anyone who has 4G available nearby and has tested these methods on rooted/unrooted phones.
Thanks!
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Wifi tether for root users works, but it creates an ad-hoc network, so you can't connect with another android device. A laptop will be able to connect though
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Thanks... this might be the one thing that will drive me to root this phone eventually. Other than that I am fine with a 100% stock experience so far...

The111 said:
Thanks... this might be the one thing that will drive me to root this phone eventually. Other than that I am fine with a 100% stock experience so far...
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You can root and leave everything else stock. Rooting on this phone is trivial.

Non-root tether apps like Pdanet and EasyTether all run as regular apps on the phone. If running a normal app like Pandora preserves 4g status, then the 4g status should remain with those as well.
As for speed, you can look at a comparison that someone ran a few days ago across the popular USB tether apps:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1153780

krohnjw said:
Wifi tether for root users works, but it creates an ad-hoc network, so you can't connect with another android device. A laptop will be able to connect though
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do you know why wireless tether works on the evo? my xoom can connect to an evo using wireless tether but my xoom cannot connect to a nexus s running wireless tether, i wonder why?

p-slim said:
do you know why wireless tether works on the evo? my xoom can connect to an evo using wireless tether but my xoom cannot connect to a nexus s running wireless tether, i wonder why?
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Using the same wireless tether app or using the hotspot functionality built into the evo?
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krohnjw said:
Using the same wireless tether app or using the hotspot functionality built into the evo?
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using the same wireless tether app, but don't worry i figured out the answer. Most androids tether thru adhoc but for some reason the evo is different and uses infrastructure mode, thats why my xoom can't pick up the nexus s signal but it can from the evo.

p-slim said:
using the same wireless tether app, but don't worry i figured out the answer. Most androids tether thru adhoc but for some reason the evo is different and uses infrastructure mode, thats why my xoom can't pick up the nexus s signal but it can from the evo.
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That's not entirely correct. Most newer phones have the capability to create an infrastructure network. It was more hit or miss on older phones.
The built in hotspot app does create an infrastructure network on the Nexus S. The 3rd party wifi tethering app creates an ad-hoc network though on the Nexus S for some reason. Unfortunately the built in tethering doesn't utilize the wimax radio currently.
The hardware on the nexus s does support creating an infrastructure network though, so I don't know why the wifi tethering app is creating an ad-hoc network if it has the capability to do infrastructure.
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krohnjw said:
That's not entirely correct. Most newer phones have the capability to create an infrastructure network. It was more hit or miss on older phones.
The built in hotspot app does create an infrastructure network on the Nexus S. The 3rd party wifi tethering app creates an ad-hoc network though on the Nexus S for some reason. Unfortunately the built in tethering doesn't utilize the wimax radio currently.
The hardware on the nexus s does support creating an infrastructure network though, so I don't know why the wifi tethering app is creating an ad-hoc network if it has the capability to do infrastructure.
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Yeah this is putting me between a rock and a hard spot. I can root my xoom to pick up ad-hoc but I really want to keep it stock to be able to watch movies. sigh
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p-slim said:
Yeah this is putting me between a rock and a hard spot. I can root my xoom to pick up ad-hoc but I really want to keep it stock to be able to watch movies. sigh
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Why can't you watch movies rooted? I'd never watch a movie on a phone anyway, but the problem does make me curious.

p-slim said:
Yeah this is putting me between a rock and a hard spot. I can root my xoom to pick up ad-hoc but I really want to keep it stock to be able to watch movies. sigh
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Maybe shoot the dev an email. The hardware supports infrastructure and the AP can clearly do it. It may be a simple error in logic preventing the Nexus s from being detected as a device capable of infrastructure.
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The111 said:
Why can't you watch movies rooted? I'd never watch a movie on a phone anyway, but the problem does make me curious.
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The movies app won't work on rooted devices. This is problematic if you use your tablet and the.movies app for renting movies.
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The111 said:
Why can't you watch movies rooted? I'd never watch a movie on a phone anyway, but the problem does make me curious.
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I want to watch movies from the native movie app but it doesn't work on rooted devices. I like to watch movies from my Motorola xoom. I will send the dev an email but I'm pretty sure he knows about this
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Wireless tether vs WiFi tether

So I did a quick search (phone searching is b never as good as on a computer) and didn't find much so I thought I'd ask... what's the difference between the two apps wireless tether and WiFi tether and which one works better on our phone?
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If you root your phone, you can use the built-in hotspot application.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801886
In regards to the two apps above, WiFi Tether worked very well for me before I patched the above.

gkrules said:
If you root your phone, you can use the built-in hotspot application.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801886
In regards to the two apps above, WiFi Tether worked very well for me before I patched the above.
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Im using Foxfi.....no root needed.

I'm using WiFi Tether and it works great.
I used FoxFi as well with good results.

taihard said:
So I did a quick search (phone searching is b never as good as on a computer) and didn't find much so I thought I'd ask... what's the difference between the two apps wireless tether and WiFi tether and which one works better on our phone?
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Only difference that I can tell is Wireless tether for Root Users doesn't work and Wifi Tether for Root Users does. They both look the same but the latter has an additional option to change device profile and switching that to Galaxy Nexus (CDMA/LTE) allows it to work.

Use the built in tether, they don't charge anymore, no app needed
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screwyluie said:
Use the built in tether, they don't charge anymore, no app needed
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They don't charge for tiered/share data plans... Speculation is they do charge for unlimited users.
We don't know what the op is on.
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I'm on unlimited and can't use the native tethering. It just gives the the same pop up window with a number to call to purchase it. Just sharing this as confirmation.....I worked around it.
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tank you...nice post

If I'm not mistaken from a convo with Mr Verizon Store Guy, they stopped charging for tethering because of the rediculous amount of workarounds for close to every device that render their paid service pointless.
However, I heard somewhere online theres a clause for abusing the network in you end user contract associated with fees, but I'm not sure and didn't look into it too much. I don't use it too much and am not worried about my limits (cue wifi), so it'd prolly be wise to check yourself.
Long story short: search around as there are a number of ways as previously outlined. But should you choose to go bananas and over indulge in torrents or roms via 3g/4g, be aware of a potential bill the size of congressional legislation. Tether responsibly as bandwidth is shared by all network users. Don't be THAT guy

drbobmd said:
. Don't be THAT guy
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Lol, you mean that DB who has it in his avatar that he used over 100 gigs in a month??

Wireless Tether for Root Users

I have this on my Photon Q, and for some reason, some days it works fine, and stays connected, and other days my computer will connect to the wifi tethering of my phone, then after about 1 min it will disconnect. Its not my computer, it is the phone, the phone stops broadcasting with the tethering app.
Does anyonw know a fix for this? Yesterday i stayed connected without issue, but the day before, I fought with it all day long trying to keep it connected. I either have to restart wifi tether, or sometimes I actually have to restart the phone.
I know this i an issue with the phone, but I wonder if some setting in my computer is making the phone disconnect?
Also, if anyone has any better tethering apps, please let me know.

Have you tried an app like "KeepConnOn"?

No I will check into that thank you

I use trev e mod. So far works flawless.
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I did not come up with mod. So I'm not taking credit for it. All I know is that it's somewhere on xda. A buddy of mine sent me the apks. Sprint has blocked almost all the tethering apps from market.
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ah yeah, i've seen treve around before. he created some apps to identify and disable logging added in by the carriers, etc. thanks for the tip, PdaNet works well for usb tethering, but it's nice to have a wifi option too.

Here is the link to the trev mod in xda--http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1988735
Only thing though this is the same as wifi tether for root users and i downloaded mine from the play store. The one above i believe you have to install busybox and the one from the market you don't.
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Howto Tether without CSPIRE blobking it
dwaynet89 said:
Here is the link to the trev mod in xda--http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1988735
Only thing though this is the same as wifi tether for root users and i downloaded mine from the play store. The one above i believe you have to install busybox and the one from the market you don't.
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I dowloaded the app from the link above. Tried changing a few setting but still no luck. Turn on the wifi tether, laptops sees hotspot, connects, but when i try to browse my carrier pops up requesting me to pay. How do i bypass this? My Photon Q is unlocked and rooted.

Giroid said:
I dowloaded the app from the link above. Tried changing a few setting but still no luck. Turn on the wifi tether, laptops sees hotspot, connects, but when i try to browse my carrier pops up requesting me to pay. How do i bypass this? My Photon Q is unlocked and rooted.
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In the settings did you change device profile to ics/jb generic wlan0. I don't really touch to much after that and it works fine for me. Who is your carrier?
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give that a try
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In the settings did you change device profile to ics/jb generic wlan0. I don't really touch to much after that and it works fine for me. Who is your carrier?
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CSPIRE. It's unlimited but not video streaming wich is kinda dumb that they changed it. Thanks I'm gonna give that a try when i get home. I'm hoping to learn more about kernels so I can stop CSPIRE from blocking me.

I have downloaded the trev e mod, and so far it is working great for me. Thanks for the info and the link!

my phone stopped broadcasting its wifi when I use wireless tether trev E mod lastnight for some reason. I habe reinstalled and changed settings around and everything. Anyone know a fix for this?

Any idea why after some time (30min aprox) the tethering trev shuts down by self?
How can I fix that?
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whitelightnin3006 said:
my phone stopped broadcasting its wifi when I use wireless tether trev E mod lastnight for some reason. I habe reinstalled and changed settings around and everything. Anyone know a fix for this?
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I don't know if you have found a fix for this or not but here is a link to the version that I have and I have never had any problems from it.
http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/
If the play store doesn't work just click the "here" and it will dwnload directly to you phone.
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I use Barnacle for wifi tethering myself. Seems like sprint throttles the connection when the phone sleeps though, setting 'stay awake' under the development settings page might help.
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[Q] USB tether unlock for unlimited users?

I'm an unlimited user running 4.1.2 rooted (stock rom) on my s3 i535. I can use native wifi tether with no problem but USB tether gives me vzw subscription message.
I've poked around google, and motorola users seem to have gotten around this by adjusting 'entitlement_check' in their settings.db, which of course, I can't find in mine using SQLite.
Does anyone know what/where the db entry for usb tethering is for the verizon s3? Is there a custom rom that will unlock it for me?
And for people wondering why i would want USB tether even though I already have wifi tether working, is because my new router (asus n66u) allows for sharing my data connection via usb tether.

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Good question. Rebump.

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I have recently purchased the Asus AC66R and would like to know this as well.

There are plenty of 3rd party apps available that support wired tethering, pdanet worked great for me before I rooted for usb tethering.
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I bet some of those third party apps work just fine for vzw users who aren't grandfathered in on their unlimited plan, but using the ones i've gotten from the play store, i get the vzw 'please subscribe to tethering plan' message.
and the other apps that want you to install software on your PC to enable tethering to that PC probably work as well (this is what i think PDAnet requires. I could be wrong), but i'm trying to tether to a router USB port. so I can't install software to it.
So unless there's another specific app someone knows of, any other ideas?

one last bump? anyone?

First of all are your phone rooted ? Second of all if its not rooted go to the internet and download a app call black market and on there is tethering apps that do not require root
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nahunta321 said:
First of all are your phone rooted ? Second of all if its not rooted go to the internet and download a app call black market and on there is tethering apps that do not require root
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uh, yea. read first post: phone rooted. nothing on black market got rid of the subcription message when i turn on usb tether.
next?

Check out jelly beans 19 in the development section it has tethering usb/wifi built in and its still tw.
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