This has nothing to do with a certain ROM or anything like that, just a general question. Now, I was wondering if my GS3 is connected to WI-FI, and NOT using any mobile carrier data, can it share that connection through USB tethering to a PC or laptop? I've looked everywhere and all people seem to do is share their DATA connection with their devices, and nothing for Wi-Fi. Thanks in advance! -YK
That doesn't make any sense. Wouldn't you just connect your laptop to that same WiFi hotspot?
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That doesn't make any sense. Wouldn't you just connect your laptop to that same WiFi hotspot?
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My bad, I forget to clarify that my PC can't connect to Wi-Fi because it's lacking a wireless card. And just my luck, there are no ethernet ports anywhere.
Then it might be time for a hardware upgrade lol. As for sharing your WiFi connection, I can see it being possible for USB tether, but I have never heard of such a thing. My guess is that there isn't much demand for said feature.
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I've known several people who demanded for WiFi tethering, too. All, business related.
To my knowledge, I do not know of a way of succeeding, due to that I've done research myself.
If anything close enough to it, would probably be USB tethering or Bluetooth tethering. But, I haven't tried those personally. Running on CM10.1, which those options are available,
I wanna saw I saw a feature like you're looking for in PDAnet. If you have a few dollars to spare I'd def throw in a PCI Wireless Ethernet Card
Oh whale.
Ah, even after all this time, there is still lack of such a feature. Oh well, just have to wait till I can scrape up a wireless card somewhere.
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Ah, even after all this time, there is still lack of such a feature. Oh well, just have to wait till I can scrape up a wireless card somewhere.
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54G usb cards run like 10-15, hell you could probably find someone willing to practically give them away on CL
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Does anyone know if it's possible to use a USB cellular modem such as the Verizon LTE card (pantech u290) with the USB port on the Xoom WiFi? That would be a really cool ability if it were possible.
I imagine that it COULD work given the necessary drivers and tools. The device would have to be unlocked and rooted, and you would need to load a boot.img with the capability already in place. Beyond USB storage, a driver would have to be ported/written for a device like that.
Given that Verizon is already the mobile data sponsor of the Xoom, and are offering LTE antenna upgrades once its launched in the Xoom, they might have a problem with that.
But yes, it is possible in theory.
The xoom definitely detects a UML290 when it is plugged in via a xoom host cable. This should be very feasible to get working and I'll be looking into it.
-Tupshin
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Given that Verizon is already the mobile data sponsor of the Xoom, and are offering LTE antenna upgrades once its launched in the Xoom, they might have a problem with that.
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There's no difference between using a laptop with an external radio and using a tablet with an external radio. It's not like you're bypassing charges or anything.
If anything, Verizon would be against xooms having a wifi radio at all. But they'd certainly prefer you to use a 3g dongle (which would make them money) than using just wifi.
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The xoom definitely detects a UML290 when it is plugged in via a xoom host cable. This should be very feasible to get working and I'll be looking into it.
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Any news on this? I am interrested...
Have you considered using one of these? Its what I use in canada due to lack of 3g option...
huawei mobile 3g/4g e5836
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Have you considered using one of these? Its what I use in canada due to lack of 3g option...
huawei mobile 3g/4g e5836
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The problem is that someone will have to take the SDK and drivers from the USB modem manufacturer and adapt them to the Xoom. This is way beyond my skill set unfortunately.
Okay someone must know how to do this. My friend has the Acer Iconia and he was able to get it to recognize a Novatel USB760 modem for Verizon. Some directions are over in the Acer Iconia forum. It running Honeycomb and similar hardware sure someone could get the Xoom working with this.
I'm quite interested in this as well. Is there any guidance on where to look to do this? I am a software developer, although I don't have any experience at building software for the android, but I could certainly come up with something.
the SDK's are usually available on the web site of the modem manufacturers. The big ones are Pantech, Novatel, and Sierra Wireless. They all should have Linux SDK info that should be portable to Android. I'm thinking that if someone wrote an app for this, they could make quite a bit of money selling it on the Android market
Can't you buy something that accepts the USB modem like a router of some sort?
Better yet wouldn't you be able to get a Linux driver for the aircard and hack that some way?
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This won't help you get on the Verizon network, but it may help for people with GSM carriers, and may lead in the right direction
Huawei 3G WCDMA Modem SUPPORT
It's for the viewsonic, but all the 10.1 tabs pack about the same hardware, and it's all Android, or rather linux at this level. You guys might have some luck getting the Huawei sticks working
the carrier's can't detect what is attached to the USB modems. As long as the USB stick is activated with a legit data plan, it should work fine. the key is getting the android drivers together and working using the linux SDKs provided by the USB modem mfgs.
Also...I'm opening up a pool for a donation to any developer that will work on this. I'm putting $50 in.
I would also be willing to donate to get this working.
After a lot of researching, i was very sad i had the wifi only version but after that, i noticed that it was the best option, One Data Plan in your Huawei e5 hot spot and enjoy the connection of simult four devices in the same data plan - all on the go, i have hd2 "Androided" and the xoom wifi.
Enjoying less monthly charges for the hd2 and sharing the xoom. i even though of tethering from my phone but phone data plans are much higher than Data Only SIMs.
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Same here. Any developments on this?
Acer guys have it figured but it'll need compiling against the right kernal
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14603952
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getting Acer code working on Xoom
yoshitweaky said:
Acer guys have it figured but it'll need compiling against the right kernal
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14603952
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This doesn't do me much good unfortunately...still open to paying someone to develop this...or you could build it and launch in the app market. Support for the common ATT, Sprint, and Verizon modems would probably get LOTS of buyers including me. I'd bet there's a good market on all the wifi only tablets for this type of work
The G2 and the Sensation have an internet passthrough option that allows you to use your PCs internet connection on your phone.
Is there a way to get that feature to work on the G2X? I would prefer it be native, like the Sensation, or is there an app that can do that?
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The G2 and the Sensation have an internet passthrough option that allows you to use your PCs internet connection on your phone.
Is there a way to get that feature to work on the G2X? I would prefer it be native, like the Sensation, or is there an app that can do that?
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What? I never noticed this feature on my G2. Of course I did run CM6 on it most always. Ive been wanting something like this for a while now.
Can you guys enlight me what would be the use of this and how does it work?
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Wifi??
Suprah..."no cyanogen, rom manager still fake flashes the roms thats y for nvidia phones we have to use nvflash"
Like... reverse tethering? Have a 4G data stick for your laptop and no data plan on your phone? Or just not have WiFi? Only situations I can think of. Very odd and probably rare situation, so I hope someone can help you out.
Yeah. It allows you to use your PC's internet connection on your phone - reverse tethering
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The only thing I can think of is ... nope, I can't.
Was gonna say proxy, but you can do that without creating extra overhead. Perhaps some sort of spoofing.
You can create an internet s
If you go to internet sharing in windows xp, vista or 7 you can create a pico-net whereby your computer's internal network card broadcast a network, it must be a ad-hoc network. The range will be about 50 ft and your phone can pick up on the wifi. I used to do this when I had cricket and needed to hook up devices that didnt have a USB drive.
Cheers!
Could somebody enlighten me as to why you wouldn't just use wifi? especially as you can get a wireless router cheap
To prevent the issue of throttling, I could use the internet on my work PC on my phone. No access to Wi-Fi it works wonderfully on the sensation. Any hopes of this being ported?
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I can see this being useful in places where only a direct Ethernet connection to a PC is available... travel, motels/hotels w/o wiring, etc... Every method to limit mobile data usage nowadays is much appreciated by me at least.
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The G2 and the Sensation have an internet passthrough option that allows you to use your PCs internet connection on your phone.
Is there a way to get that feature to work on the G2X? I would prefer it be native, like the Sensation, or is there an app that can do that?
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actually ive gotten the "reverse tethering" to work..but it only works on certain apps and the browser for some reason. im running a stock rooted G2 btw. all i did was leave the usb debugging on and i turned on mock locations..i dont know if that had anything to do with it, but its kind of working. hope this helps or if anyone has a better solution id like to know
ok, lets begin.
1. i live in usa
2.tmobile usa 4g
3.i am not talking about using the 4g network on a laptop via wifi hot spot
4. i am not talking about using the PC internet on the phone through internet passthrough
5.i am not talking about using the 4g network on a pc/laptop via usb tethering
i am asking if i can create wifi through my phone.
my phone can use my pc's internet via internet passthrough. can it then take that internet and make it into wifi so my laptop can use it?
I DONT WANT TO USE THE 4G NETWORK ON MY LAPTOP.
my phone is not rooted and will not be rooted(bricked an hd2 awhile back and still not over it)
i hope i made myself clear.
Lol, that must be the most confusing question ever. And no is the answer.
just get a cheap wireless router and connect anything you want
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Lol, that must be the most confusing question ever. And no is the answer.
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well that sucks
thanks for the answer.
i tried to phrase it the best way possible. i kept trying google but everyone was asking for something different than what i needed.
it's odd, you would think it should be possible...such a shame
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just get a cheap wireless router and connect anything you want
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well duh but i'm trying to avoid doing that.
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well duh but i'm trying to avoid doing that.
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No. Your phone's ONLY CONNECTION THAT IT CAN CREATE ( and other devices can utilize) IS AND ALWAYS WILL BE based off of T-Mobile's HSPA+ network.
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No. Your phone's ONLY CONNECTION THAT IT CAN CREATE ( and other devices can utilize) IS AND ALWAYS WILL BE based off of T-Mobile's HSPA+ network.
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yea, that seems to be the consensus . still a major shame. sucks. it can use the pc internet but it cant share it
lame but i guess impossible is impossible
Oh my, are you saying that you have internet on a pc and want to connect pc to your sensation, so to use a phone as a router to create WiFi, so that you can joint that WiFi with a laptop.
I can imagine that to be useful feature if you need to get internet on a laptop where you have some internet connected public pc.
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If above interpretation of your question is correct. Than you need to split the task into two parts.
1) get internet pass through working.
This means, get pc internet working on your phone. Make sure to install htc sync on the pc, otherwise it will not work. Reason, you need drivers for the phone. So for public pc it is not always possible to install htc sync. If you intend to this configuration for home than just get router and forget this.
2) create WiFi hot spot from your phone.
Way too easy to explain.
Summary,
It can work but:
For public pc - it's a problem to get drivers installed on the computer.
For home pc - it is easier and more convenient to get router.
Recommendation
Forget about this idea.
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I think you mean pass-thru, so you can use your phones wifi as an wifi adapter for your laptop?
best way i can explain it.
i want to enable wifi on a netbook. i have my htc sensation and my pc with internet. i want to put the pc internet on the phone and then spread it as wifi to my netbook.
yes yes i know a router is more practical, but not at the moment
One of my lecture classes doesn't pick up my school's WiFi. I'm wondering if anyone got this to work before with a Xoom. Is there a ROM out with support for this. There are plenty Ethernet ports in the lecture hall that I could use.
Thanks in advance.
People on the Motorola forums have reported having success with this
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817264004&Tpk=enuet-3usb
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I think this is the discussion where they discuss this. I have used the Linksys USB200M with success.
https://supportforums.motorola.com/thread/55495
Awesome. I love this tablet more and more each day. I sold my iPad and do not regret it one bit.
Another question: Say I get this to work there will be a lot of iPad users in my class that will get jealous. Is there a way to then create a hotspot with the Xoom for them to connect?
Why not just put a wifi router in and lock it down? That way all the teachers could use the net.
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What?
I just want a select few to hook up to my Xoom.
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Well I pulled out my Linksys USB200M USB-Ethernet adapter and plugged it into my Xoom with an OTG cable and to surf the web on my Xoom it worked flawlessly. I did not have to do anything to make it work except plug it in. Now there are no areas to configure the connection, so if you need a proxy or anything beyond DHCP it will be more complicated.
I then tried using the Xoom as a WiFi hotspot and this did not work. I will dig into it a little bit and see. Now I am running the latest Tiamat rom so not sure if the Tethering & portable hotspot settings are present on a stock WiFi only Xoom
I'm on Moray. I will look at the settings. If you test it let me know. It'll be awesome
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Well I pulled out my Linksys USB200M USB-Ethernet adapter and plugged it into my Xoom with an OTG cable and to surf the web on my Xoom it worked flawlessly. I did not have to do anything to make it work except plug it in. Now there are no areas to configure the connection, so if you need a proxy or anything beyond DHCP it will be more complicated.
I then tried using the Xoom as a WiFi hotspot and this did not work. I will dig into it a little bit and see. Now I am running the latest Tiamat rom so not sure if the Tethering & portable hotspot settings are present on a stock WiFi only Xoom
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Have you had any trouble with the door on it breaking off? This seems to be a major complaint for this unit, but everyone says it's really easy to use.
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Have you had any trouble with the door on it breaking off? This seems to be a major complaint for this unit, but everyone says it's really easy to use.
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I honestly do not use it that often so I have not had a problem.
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I'm on Moray. I will look at the settings. If you test it let me know. It'll be awesome
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Well the Linksys dongle works just fine. It takes a little bit for the connection to work so be patient and also the Xoom does not give any "indication" that there is a conneciton. Under the quick-menu it will still show "No Internet Connection", but if you go to surf the web or check email it works just fine.
Right now it does not appear the hotspot application sees this connection so using the Xoom as a wifi-router does not seem to work. Maybe ICS will bring this functionality
I have to buy an adapter today. I can't wait to try this out on Thursday.
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I have to buy an adapter today. I can't wait to try this out on Thursday.
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Which one are you getting? Please report back.
I don't know yet. In going to Best Buy or Micro Center after I get out of work today.
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Apparently the new out-of-the-box 4G XOOM (Honeycomb 3.2.2) does not automagically configure the Ethernet dongle. However, if you use a terminal app and su, the following could work on a rooted device (it does on mine, using TrendNet TU2-ET100 adapter with an ASIX chipset):
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# ifconfig eth0 up
# dhcpcd
# setprop net.dns1 4.2.2.1
# setprop net.dns2 8.8.8.8
#
You can test by doing a ping to your favorite pingsite. Gmail works, but K-9 Mail doesn't know there's an internet connection and won't sync. I did turn on airplane mode so as to disable WiFi and 4G and not confuse the network settings. There may be other caveats. Tweaks appreciated.
Remember, if you break it, you own all of the pieces.
Ethernet on the Xoom
I've tried 3X devices, including Apple's A1277, Belkin's xxxxxx, and Niko ethernet adapters. Using the above method ^^^ and I have to say, it works Flawlessly!!!! whooop whooop ... now all I need is the instructions on how to get a T.V dongle to work with the xoom.
FYI - in case anyone is interested, I was able to easily tether my TF700 to my Android phone over bluetooth. It'll even share your phones wifi connection via bluetooth! Extremely easy to setup and it just works...
1. Install FoxFi on your phone
2. Install "PDANet for Tablets" on your TF700 (available for free in Play Store)
3. Select "Activate Bluetooth DUN" in FoxFi on the phone
4. Run PDANet for Tablets on the TF700 and configure it for bluetooth.
5. Simple pair the tablet and phone from within PDANet for Tablets.
6. That's it - you'll be tethered to your phone via bluetooth!
I can't believe how well it works.... Enjoy!
Also - Can do the same thing for wifi tethering as well. The nice thing about bluetooth tethering though is that you can actually share the wifi connection on your phone via bluetooth (something you can't do with normal wifi tethering)... Although, I guess if your phone can connect to wifi, you could just connect your tablet directly to the same wifi! But, it works nonetheless!
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Are you saying that you can use your phones mobile broadband connection (3g or 4g) on your tablet with this method?
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Are you saying that you can use your phones mobile broadband connection (3g or 4g) on your tablet with this method?
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Absolutely. It works flawlessly and without jumping through any hoops.
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Is this for those who arnt able to do a mobile hotspot? Trying to understand the advantages. You also mentioned sharing your wifi connect...don't understand the need there either. Not trying to be a smart ass by any means, just trying to understand why BT over hotspot.
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Is this for those who arnt able to do a mobile hotspot? Trying to understand the advantages. You also mentioned sharing your wifi connect...don't understand the need there either. Not trying to be a smart ass by any means, just trying to understand why BT over hotspot.
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Well, if you mean the "paid" hotspot, this method is free. Plus, bluetooth tethering should be easier on the battery as well.
Agreed about with sharing wifi over bluetooth - like I said, it works, but if your phone could connect to wifi, your TF700 should be able to connect directly to the wifi as well. Only purpose for that would be if your TF was not "allowed" to connect to the wifi due to some policy (but your work-supplied phone could) - you could just connect to your phone for wifi access...
But again, the main purpose would be for free tethering (instead of paying a monthly fee).
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I paired my phone to my tablet without any of the apps mentioned and was able to get online using the phone's 3G connection. I do have an older phone (DroidX), maybe that makes a difference as far as not needing PDANet, etc.
Forgot not everyone has the ability to do free hotspot. My phone hasn't had a stock ROM since the first handful of stable ROMs were available.
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Also, just thought of a use for the share wifi feature. AT&T has alot of free hotspots that are free to ATT devices only, often found at McDonalds. There is often regular free wifi, but the ATT only is less crowded and I usually see faster speeds. I suppose in this scenerio it would be useful too.
It's useful if your traveling with kids and they want to download a new app or something. I have actually found quite a few uses including at work to use it. I just use the hotspot though. The only bad part is that it kills your battery FAST so make sure you have a charger.
I just use Widgetsoid on my Galaxy Nexus to tether.
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It's useful if your traveling with kids and they want to download a new app or something. I have actually found quite a few uses including at work to use it. I just use the hotspot though. The only bad part is that it kills your battery FAST so make sure you have a charger.
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I have a 5200mah on my note so it'll stay live and kicking for awhile. May have to try BT and see if it's any better on battery then BT.
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I have a 5200mah on my note so it'll stay live and kicking for awhile. May have to try BT and see if it's any better on battery then BT.
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Bluetooth should be better on the battery - please post your results...
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I set up a profile with tasker so bluetooth tethering to my phone (running cm9) is automatically activated as soon as i turn on bt on the tablet. Works great.
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Am I missing something here? I thought this was a standard feature or is this method required for carriers that ban tethering?
I have a galaxy s2 running Samsung stock 4.03 on Telstra Australia and I tether by Bluetooth all the time to my Tf700t by just enabling it in the phone tethering options, pair devices and connect. Done. No hacks or apps required
you dont need any of those apps just sync phone and tablet via bluetooth and it will ask if you want bluetooth to share internet
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you dont need any of those apps just sync phone and tablet via bluetooth and it will ask if you want bluetooth to share internet
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Either I'm missing something or this is *not* a "Standard" feature for all carriers. In my case, I'm using a "pre-paid" phone from VIrgin Mobile. It's $35/month for unlimited everything (except phone minutes - you get 300 anytime minutes). I certainly can "pair" my devices via bluetooth, but I don't get an option to share my internet (and even thought the devices did "pair", they will not "connect" to each other).
I do know that "tethering" was an extra monthly option in my case (an extra $15/month option!).
Again, I don't see any way to tether without using these apps. The phone itself is an HTC EVO V 4G (re-badged EVO 3D) - If I try to enable the wifi "portable hotspot mode" I get an error and it just won't work. Cannot find a way to share the internet via blutooth either (without said apps).
So, I do believe that this method will be useful for some as I don't believe that you can tether for free with all carriers.
Again, unless I'm missing something!
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I do know that "tethering" was an extra monthly option in my case (an extra $15/month option!).
Again, I don't see any way to tether without using these apps. The phone itself is an HTC EVO V 4G (re-badged EVO 3D) - If I try to enable the wifi "portable hotspot mode" I get an error and it just won't work. Cannot find a way to share the internet via blutooth either (without said apps).
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I tried to tether my iPhone with optus prepaid and got an error saying it was not activated by the carrier so I am sure android must have this carrier dependant feature in place. I had to install a hack on my iPhone to get around it so I can why you may need apps to get around it for Android as well. Just thankful my carrier allows free tethering a stupid idea IMO to not allow it
Sorry a bit OT, but how does one enter the pin code for BT pairing the Asus? (I have a GNote)...I get them to pair but not to connect...I type the number keys on the asus dock and nothing happens...
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Sorry a bit OT, but how does one enter the pin code for BT pairing the Asus? (I have a GNote)...I get them to pair but not to connect...I type the number keys on the asus dock and nothing happens...
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As I mentioned, I use wifi tethering. I also have the GNote (ATT Version, I717) running King Kang AOKP rom and never have an issue. If you flash ROMs you may be better off just using wifi as it'll autoconnect when you pop the wifi from your phone and no pairing and connecting and pin code mess. Just a thought.
Having no problems with built in bt tether....to my sensation
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Widgetsoid is probably a little better. You just create a widget for portable wifi htspot and turn it on. I use it on my galaxy nexus.
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