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I just switched from the iPone 4 to the HTC Inspire. I have rooted the phone already and am looking for a good tethering app, any suggestions?
ebarr52 said:
I just switched from the iPone 4 to the HTC Inspire. I have rooted the phone already and am looking for a good tethering app, any suggestions?
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There's a few, try pdanet. Google "june fabrics".
I use Barnacle, it works great
Why don't you use the stock htc app with the fixed APN (wap.cingular....) ?
lrs421 said:
There's a few, try pdanet. Google "june fabrics".
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If you are already rooted you can use a wifi tether app like Wireless Tether, you don't have to mess with PDA net (PDAnet is great if you are not rooted). I tried Barnacle but had trouble getting my Mac to join the adhoc network it creates. Rather than mess with it too much I put on Wireless Tether and it worked Great.
tdesbien31 said:
I use Barnacle, it works great
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I can second Barnacle WiFi and also use the stock Mobile Hotspot.
If you are rooted you do not need any program for tether.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=980591
Use the referenced APN and you will have tethering available......
I second the wireless tether especially if you have your unlimited data still. Its stupid to pay for it twice
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If rooted it also works to remove all entitlement apns from the APN database in /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases/telephony.db
Do you think there will ever be a wifi app that does not require rooting. I had to downgrade back to pda.net. It works but I already miss the wifi app I used for years on WM 6.5.
I believe most custom roms allow tethering without adding it to your plan.
I asked about coredroid in another thread, and I got conflicting reports though.
If you are already rooted, just flash a custom ROM. then you don't need an app and you will also have a hotspot. My favorite is Cyanogenmod 7.0.3 but if you want to keep Sense UI, try Android Revolution HD or CoreDroid or some other Sense based ROM. And Congrats on your escape from under Steve Jobs's thumb =D
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coldsteal said:
Do you think there will ever be a wifi app that does not require rooting. I had to downgrade back to pda.net. It works but I already miss the wifi app I used for years on WM 6.5.
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The APN method someone mentioned allows wifi tethering without root.
yes by changing the APN you can enable wifi tethering without root , ive done it many times on un-rooted phones ,just dont use it to much or it will be noticed and good ole at&t will add the package (not sure about other carriers)
So the 15th is comming up (the end of free tether). is it known that the android wireless tether will work?
It's been working lol
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Doesn't work for me anymore may have been blocked though. Running GTP's 1.5.1
Its working fine for me....
Or maybe my laptop doesn't like me
u have to be rooted for wireless tether to work and u can just install it from google.code verizon cannot block an app from running.
I am rooted and I have used it on this phone but now when I try to connect it tries then my laptop says disconnected and wireless tether is still running on my phone. Have tried two versions one on market and latest from Google code
Wireless tether 3.0
I found wireless tether 3.0 works for me
Maybe the kernel you are using doesn't support it?
usicus said:
Maybe the kernel you are using doesn't support it?
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that would be my guess. it used to be a requirement that your kernel supported netfilter (iptables). dunno if it still is offhand.
00negative said:
I am rooted and I have used it on this phone but now when I try to connect it tries then my laptop says disconnected and wireless tether is still running on my phone. Have tried two versions one on market and latest from Google code
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Have you tried to forget the connection on your laptop and then re-establish the connection with your phone?
I have been using wifi_tether_v3_0-pre14.apk go into your settings and Change Device-Profile to "HTC Evo 4G" and also click the checkbox for "Routing fix" using those settings is what I have set for it to allow you to use Wifi Tether using an infrastructure connection instead of the ad-hoc connection it defaults to so it shows up to your computer just like any other access point would or the default wifi tether app on the phone that will cost money soon.
After installing the MR2 planejane ROM I was doing the de-bloat and came across an app called TetheringGuard2.1.0 or something like that. I think Verizon is really trying to screw people over. There are various articles around also stating that the Gingerbread update will have safeguards built in order to prevent people from using tethering applications. I simply removed this stupid app using Titanium Backup and Wireless Tether seems to be working just fine for now...
odesskiy said:
After installing the MR2 planejane ROM I was doing the de-bloat and came across an app called TetheringGuard2.1.0 or something like that. I think Verizon is really trying to screw people over. There are various articles around also stating that the Gingerbread update will have safeguards built in order to prevent people from using tethering applications. I simply removed this stupid app using Titanium Backup and Wireless Tether seems to be working just fine for now...
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I didnt see that in the plain jane mr2. Going to look again but wireless tether is working for me...
Just heard our VZW free Wi-Fi hotspot has been extended to 7-5-11, yippeeee!
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Yeah regarding wireless tether depending on the rom im using I have to try different versions of wirless tether to get it to work
Chaztera said:
Just heard our VZW free Wi-Fi hotspot has been extended to 7-5-11, yippeeee!
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yay! its extended until after my birthday thanks verizon free unlimited hotspot is fun
Works for me fine. Running bamf preview 4.
All,
Not sure if this has been discussed previously or not but if you would like to get wifi tethering working in infrastructure mode on the Charge follow the steps below. Some people are claiming that Verizon is monitoring 3rd party wifi tethering and will bill you for that usage. So use at your own risk.
1. Follow the steps here to root your Stock EE4 image to root. I chose not to install one of the ROMs yet and I am using imnut's PBJT non-OC voodoo kernel.
2. Once you have root (verified by the Superuser app appearing in your Applications). Install android-wifi-tether 3.1-beta2. This app can be found here (need to allow external sources).
3. Once installed open the Wireless Tether application and go to Settings. Change the device profile to "Samsung Fascinate" and you should be good to go from that point.
Happy tethering.
One thing I am uncertain of is this "hotspot_event_monitor" driver that is loaded. djp592 discusses a kernel mod here that removes this driver but I could not find an explanation of what it does exactly. Anyone know?
eacmen said:
All,
Not sure if this has been discussed previously or not but if you would like to get wifi tethering working in infrastructure mode on the Charge do the following:
1. Follow the steps here to root your Stock EE4 image to root. I chose not to install one of the ROMs yet and I am using imnut's PBJT non-OC voodoo kernel.
2. Once you have root (verified by the Superuser app appearing in your Applications). Install android-wifi-tether 3.1-beta2. This app can be found here (need to allow external sources).
3. Once installed open the Wireless Tether application and go to Settings. Change the device profile to "Samsung Fascinate" and you should be good to go from that point.
Happy tethering.
One thing I am uncertain of is this "hotspot_event_monitor" driver that is loaded. djp592 discusses a kernel mod here that removes this driver but I could not find an explanation of what it does exactly. Anyone know?
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2 things...
2.0.7 works much better
And
Verizon is tracking all mac addresses with none paid tethering activity that are using wifi tether and barnacle. They will throttle you down and charge the data back to you on your bill. Fyi
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Even on froyo? I thought the couldn't!!
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danalo1979 said:
2 things...
2.0.7 works much better
And
Verizon is tracking all mac addresses with none paid tethering activity that are using wifi tether and barnacle. They will throttle you down and charge the data back to you on your bill. Fyi
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whats your source on the tracking? there is always scare stuff with tracking and monitoring but i tether fascinate gb daily and have no issues
nitsuj17 said:
whats your source on the tracking? there is always scare stuff with tracking and monitoring but i tether fascinate gb daily and have no issues
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What is your source that VZ is NOT using their DPI boxes?
Oh wait, they do already, otherwise they would have the near-real-time data usage up on their website.
I would presume it's more the actual packet, as it would look much different between a DC and your laptop. There are many other methods that a DPI can use to figure it out. Also most wifi tethers are using nat, so mac address based makes no sense.
syntrix said:
What is your source that VZ is NOT using their DPI boxes?
Oh wait, they do already, otherwise they would have the near-real-time data usage up on their website.
I would presume it's more the actual packet, as it would look much different between a DC and your laptop. There are many other methods that a DPI can use to figure it out. Also most wifi tethers are using nat, so mac address based makes no sense.
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ok, then more to the point, has anyone actually had their data throttled or received charges on their bill?
No, and I Wi-Fi tethered moderately on my Droid 1 since its release date (first with wifi-tether and then Barnacle when it came out because I like Barnacle better), on Eclair, Froyo, and Gingerbread.
And now I still tether on my Droid Charge with Barnacle and we don't see any extra fees. Of course, I just switched to the Gingerbread leak, so we'll see what happens.
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ok, then more to the point, has anyone actually had their data throttled or received charges on their bill?
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No... I have been wifi tethering for years with the droid 1, droid x and now the droid charge. I have used wifi tether 2.0.7 and infrastructure with wifi tether 3.1beta. My bill never changes.
eacmen said:
All,
Not sure if this has been discussed previously or not but if you would like to get wifi tethering working in infrastructure mode on the Charge do the following:
1. Follow the steps here to root your Stock EE4 image to root. I chose not to install one of the ROMs yet and I am using imnut's PBJT non-OC voodoo kernel.
2. Once you have root (verified by the Superuser app appearing in your Applications). Install android-wifi-tether 3.1-beta2. This app can be found here (need to allow external sources).
3. Once installed open the Wireless Tether application and go to Settings. Change the device profile to "Samsung Fascinate" and you should be good to go from that point.
Happy tethering.
One thing I am uncertain of is this "hotspot_event_monitor" driver that is loaded. djp592 discusses a kernel mod here that removes this driver but I could not find an explanation of what it does exactly. Anyone know?
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I would like to add that after step 3 I had to change the setup-method to softap for samsung (master) i think this step is important to tether with infrastructure. It works fine on GB 2.3.4 running humble 2.1
That must be a Gingerbread thing. I am running stock EE4 ROM and "Auto" worked just fine.
One thing I did run into is that after turning off tethering you need to may need to cycle the wifi adapter to be able to associate to a wifi network.
danalo1979 said:
2 things...
2.0.7 works much better
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Verizon is tracking all mac addresses with none paid tethering activity that are using wifi tether and barnacle. They will throttle you down and charge the data back to you on your bill. Fyi
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Can you elaborate why you think 2.0.7 works better? On the Charge 2.0.7 seems to only support ad-hoc tethering.
The reason I went down this path is not for tethering per-se but just to be able to create a WPA network between my phone and laptop. Ad-hoc networking only supports WEP.
I wonder how verizon is conducting the monitoring? Are they just looking for your wifi adapter going into master mode? Or actually looking for evidence of tethering (i.e. iptables, dnsmasq)?
nitsuj17 said:
ok, then more to the point, has anyone actually had their data throttled or received charges on their bill?
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Throttle, yes. BIG TIME. Billed for it? Not at all.
eacmen said:
Can you elaborate why you think 2.0.7 works better? On the Charge 2.0.7 seems to only support ad-hoc tethering.
The reason I went down this path is not for tethering per-se but just to be able to create a WPA network between my phone and laptop. Ad-hoc networking only supports WEP.
I wonder how verizon is conducting the monitoring? Are they just looking for your wifi adapter going into master mode? Or actually looking for evidence of tethering (i.e. iptables, dnsmasq)?
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And I would like to know this too. I work for Verizon but I'm just in sales.
AnalyzeFaith said:
And I would like to know this too. I work for Verizon but I'm just in sales.
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i found on some forum a while back that on GB tethering in logged in a database. the uid is 0 and the only thing that connects to the net using root(0) as the uid is a tethering app. i'd have to find that thread again and i'm not sure how far they got in that.
just found it: http://www.droidxforums.com/forum/g...cking/24394-tethering-use-being-recorded.html
danalo1979 said:
2 things...
2.0.7 works much better
And
Verizon is tracking all mac addresses with none paid tethering activity that are using wifi tether and barnacle. They will throttle you down and charge the data back to you on your bill. Fyi
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I doubt this. It is highly unlikely the tethering app rebroadcasts PHY-layer information. Far more likely is it retransmits L7 information. It is acting as a router, after all.
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AnalyzeFaith said:
And I would like to know this too. I work for Verizon but I'm just in sales.
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I will just say what's in the public realm. Try somewhere like dslreports and see what people are saying. There are a lot of posts from people that sound like they are absolutely sure it's sandvine.
If that is true, and you know what they are capable of, you know that it's not anything "on the phone".
Thanks for this, was wondering what I had to do to get it running in infrastructure.
If Verizon slows me down or tries to charge me for tethering, I'm just going to sell the phone and pay the ETF. I got the phone new for REALLY cheap, so I could probably make enough from it to not only pay the ETF and cover the cost of the phone, but come out on top by 20 bucks or so.
i know that on my iphone which im usuing for sh*** and giggles, i have a hack that makes apn adjustments that mask the tethered usage so Verizon cant tell that im using the phone to tether. to them it just looks like normal browsing. is there not an adjustment like that for android?
i for one have been tether for free on my droids for years and never had any issues. but on the flip side i never used more than 5gb tethering either....
sydewayz said:
i know that on my iphone which im usuing for sh*** and giggles, i have a hack that makes apn adjustments that mask the tethered usage so Verizon cant tell that im using the phone to tether. to them it just looks like normal browsing. is there not an adjustment like that for android?
i for one have been tether for free on my droids for years and never had any issues. but on the flip side i never used more than 5gb tethering either....
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I would like to know this as well!
I recently updated from 2.0.1 which was reasonably reliable on my Charge to 3.1 beta6 and have had no issues. Connecting via the setup as described in this post and connecting via infrastructure with WPA2 encryption. Can't beat it.
Does anyone have a tethering program working?
SdgrS said:
Does anyone have a tethering program working?
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Yes i do<<
wireless tether 2.0.7 works great with the tether manager removed.
Thank you I was using 3.1
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I got wifi tether and barnical working...
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I'm using wifi tether 3.1 beta 6 with no problems.
I have tether manager frozen but I don't think it is necessary.
I'm not having any luck getting wireless tethering going. I can't download the apk even directly from Google code. I can't delete tethering manager or move it or delete it. I'm rooted and rusty. I've been looking for quite a while now. Any help would be appreciated. Maybe I cannot tether with a rooted stock ROM.
jpeterb said:
I'm not having any luck getting wireless tethering going. I can't download the apk even directly from Google code. I can't delete tethering manager or move it or delete it. I'm rooted and rusty. I've been looking for quite a while now. Any help would be appreciated. Maybe I cannot tether with a rooted stock ROM.
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if you cant remove/move tether manager...i would say you not rooted. when you open Tibu or anything does it say that you rooted with those??
Titanium backup Root OK busybox 1.18.4
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Do I need a diferent data plan for this?
Will be interested to see if anyone gets Tether warnings from ATT when using rooted tether apps
all you have to do is remove/freeze TetheringManager2.apk and you can use the stock wifi hotspot app no need to download anything else as far as i know.
twopumpchump said:
all you have to do is remove/freeze TetheringManager2.apk and you can use the stock wifi hotspot app no need to download anything else as far as i know.
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yep, exactly. All the trouble others doing is a waste of time.
twopumpchump said:
all you have to do is remove/freeze TetheringManager2.apk and you can use the stock wifi hotspot app no need to download anything else as far as i know.
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mbze430 said:
yep, exactly. All the trouble others doing is a waste of time.
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Yeah, that's what I thought. Wonder why others are using apps for this.
Thanks. Operator error. Tetheringmanager2 deleted. All is well
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Honestly i have used wireless teather since i hit android. figure i would stick with what works and have never heard from at&t behind it....
i always remove the tethering manager. so i should just use the Mobile Hotspot app and that will work just fine??
i tried installing a wifi tethering apk before reading this thread , i think it was the 3.1 beta 6, anyway i opened it and hit tether, it said running with errors.. i turned it off and uninstalled and now i cant get my wifi to work at all?? it shows my home router but wont sync up with it.. ive powered off a few times and even done a factory reset, still not working! any ideas why my wifi will not connect ?? just keeps saying scanning..connecting..disconnected!
Even with that .apk frozen or removed AT&T can still see you are tethering (by browser user agent string and data usage patterns) so be careful or you will find yourself in a tethering (4GB capped) plan. I'm not risking my grandfathered unlimited data for this.
If I'm full of crap here I'll find out soon enough. In the meantime, I'm putting on my fireproof suit.
All u need to do is root ur device and install titanium backup...once installed and running in titanium uninstall tether manager and u will have ur mobile hotspots. When u uninstall that at it does not check att network to see if u have a tethering plan
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toyfreak said:
Even with that .apk frozen or removed AT&T can still see you are tethering (by browser user agent string and data usage patterns) so be careful or you will find yourself in a tethering (4GB capped) plan. I'm not risking my grandfathered unlimited data for this.
If I'm full of crap here I'll find out soon enough. In the meantime, I'm putting on my fireproof suit.
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correct me if i'm wrong, but unless your tethering is excessive, AT&T is highly unlikely to mess with you (assuming you're on an "unlimited" plan).
Supposedly people are getting busted even after using only small amounts of data. Seems AT&T are seeing how data is used, not only how much. Lots of chatter on the net about this including lots on xda.
I dont plan on rooting my phone. (If I dont have to)
My last Motorola and with Sprints standard dataplan worked just fine. (W\O tethering )
I am pretty sure tethering worked out of box, until the last update.
Any suggestions? Foxfi and pdanet not available from Amazon apps anymore. Is it blocked by Sprint?
Thanx
azimuth_coordinator said:
I dont plan on rooting my phone. (If I dont have to)
My last Motorola and with Sprints standard dataplan worked just fine. (W\O tethering )
I am pretty sure tethering worked out of box, until the last update.
Any suggestions? Foxfi and pdanet not available from Amazon apps anymore. Is it blocked by Sprint?
Thanx
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ClockworkMod Tether should work. The link to the apk is in the app description and the in-app purchase for the full version still works even if it is side-loaded.
azimuth_coordinator said:
I dont plan on rooting my phone. (If I dont have to)
My last Motorola and with Sprints standard dataplan worked just fine. (W\O tethering )
I am pretty sure tethering worked out of box, until the last update.
Any suggestions? Foxfi and pdanet not available from Amazon apps anymore. Is it blocked by Sprint?
Thanx
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your phone never worked out of the box as far as tethering unless you signed up for a tethering plan, there are multiple ways to aleviate this but I dont think you know or even want to try and attempt to do this I wont help you bwcaue theyre are multiple threads to do this, try some research instead of just wanting the answer dropped on your lap Ive had more complicated answers than this that i found help for just by reading thru all th random threads keep l
\ooking youll find the answer your looking for
Yes, Sprint blocked our ability to fownload PDANet and Foxfi from the Play Store etc, HOWEVER, you can still download them directly from the developer's websites, and you can still buy the Foxfi full version key from the Play Store.
FinntheViking said:
Yes, Sprint blocked our ability to fownload PDANet and Foxfi from the Play Store etc, HOWEVER, you can still download them directly from the developer's websites, and you can still buy the Foxfi full version key from the Play Store.
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I have never had success with either of these working on the Photon Q. FoxFi worked on the Epic 4G, but not this device., even when downloaded from their site and installed.
rpankoe said:
I have never had success with either of these working on the Photon Q. FoxFi worked on the Epic 4G, but not this device., even when downloaded from their site and installed.
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When I was on the stock ROM, I used a 'wifi tether' app from the Play Store....
I think it did require root, however, there's a ton of apps on the Play Store you can try out.
Good luck.
https://play.google.com/store/search?q=wifi+tether&c=apps
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I have never had success with either of these working on the Photon Q. FoxFi worked on the Epic 4G, but not this device., even when downloaded from their site and installed.
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Same experience here, however PDANet does work on the Q when you tether with a USB cable. I've yet to get the WiFi tether to work either.
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galacticservant said:
Same experience here, however PDANet does work on the Q when you tether with a USB cable. I've yet to get the WiFi tether to work either.
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I have, but I was rooted on stock.
arrrghhh said:
I have, but I was rooted on stock.
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Strange, I'm rooted on stock and purchased the FoxFi key...doesn't seem to work. Guess I'll mess around with it a bit...then again, I'm running a whacked system, system.img is ASA 36-86 first release and ALL the rest is ASA 14-15. Whacked...!
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ShodiWarmic said:
ClockworkMod Tether should work. The link to the apk is in the app description and the in-app purchase for the full version still works even if it is side-loaded.
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Clockworkmod tether does work and for those who dont know the usb tether speeds are faster than wifi tether, I purchased the full version and have been very happy also rooted and unlocked for the wifi tether I will say that the wifi tether is more stable/ consistent than the usb tether as the usb tether tends to cut out sporadically
PDAnet does work with this phone, I used to use it all the time.