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[Q] AT&T Teathering...

So anyone understand what this article is talking about?
http://www.softwaredownloadsguide.com/2011/02/htc-inspire-4g-htc-inspire-4g-on-att-release-date/
Here is the part I am curious about:
AT&T will charge monthly data plans for the HTC Inspire 4G will price $15 for 200MB of data and $25 per month for 2GB data plan. Data can be use through Hotspot capacity from Datapro Tethering plan for the user data allowance. HTC Inspire 4G will be available on AT&T stores and online from 13th February at price $99.99 with two years contract.
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So does this mean that people with unlimited plans at $30 a month should be ok to tether their laptops via wifi?

No, you need a data pro plan with tethering. $45 for 4gb of data.

so i wonder if there will be a way around that cause i currently have a unlimited data plan and really don't want to pay for the tethering plan (have been using WMWifirouter for WM 6.5). Any ideas to help me out being a cheepskate!?

darkbluexplorer said:
so i wonder if there will be a way around that cause i currently have a unlimited data plan and really don't want to pay for the tethering plan (have been using WMWifirouter for WM 6.5). Any ideas to help me out being a cheepskate!?
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PDA.Net is an option since you have an unlimited plan.

once we get root (assuming we do) are there other tethering options (you will have to pardon me as i am still new to android). When i did searches there is some material on the subject but from what i understand the phone has to be rooted for these to work.

darkbluexplorer said:
once we get root (assuming we do) are there other wifi tethering options (you will have to pardon me as i am still new to android). When i did searches there is some material on the subject but from what i understand the phone has to be rooted for these to work.
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Yes once you root your phone you will have other options to choose from such as Android Wifi tether.

thanks.. now if the predictions continue at the same rate of what i continue to read the phone will be rooted before i ever get it home from the store

PDA.net is wired tethering, not a wifi hotspot

Ya I have the $30 unlimited data with AT&T. Using the HD2 Australian version (android OS) I am able to use the Wi-Fi Hotspot app, only problem is where I live they don't use 850 for 3G so I only have EDGE. I am really looking forward to what can be done with the Inspire, because having such an amazing phone kind of sucks with such slow data speeds.

This is something I am very interested in also. I am assuming the wifi tethering that ATT is talking about it the MobileAP that is already present on damn near every 2.2 rom. I heard that they are going to have a setting that will let ATT control whether your INSPIRE 4g will be able to use this feature. I am on the unlimited plan now with my craptivate and was just thinking about buying it off contract and dropping my sim in. does anyone think that this might be an issue?
My only worry is that ATT tries to screw you in almost every way possible if they think they can make more money off you. Technically we shouldn't have to pay for tethering IMHO we are already paying for the data why should it matter how or on what device we use it on??

laxwillsch said:
This is something I am very interested in also. I am assuming the wifi tethering that ATT is talking about it the MobileAP that is already present on damn near every 2.2 rom. I heard that they are going to have a setting that will let ATT control whether your INSPIRE 4g will be able to use this feature. I am on the unlimited plan now with my craptivate and was just thinking about buying it off contract and dropping my sim in. does anyone think that this might be an issue?
My only worry is that ATT tries to screw you in almost every way possible if they think they can make more money off you. Technically we shouldn't have to pay for tethering IMHO we are already paying for the data why should it matter how or on what device we use it on??
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I agree, although it seems like once they get it rooted we will be able to put our own tethering app on it and avoid having to pay for a ridiculous plan. I used WMWiFi Router on my incite and HTC's tethering on the windows mobile HD2 and now the WiFi Hotspot app on Android on the HD2 all on ATT with an unlimited data plan without tethering.

[Q] Need suggestions for new phone

I know there are other posts that ask that question but nothing recent. So...
Here is what I have:
Verizon - w/unlimited data
HTC Rezound - unlocked, rooted, ROM'd, NO S-off
The Portable Wi-Fi hotspot function of my phone is working flawlessly right now. That is very important. I would appreciate any suggestions for a new phone. It doesn't have to be something currently out. It could be something coming down the road.
There are three requirements:
I must be able to enable the Portable Wi-Fi hotspot, and (able to enable, funny)
Acquiring this phone must not affect my unlimited data plan at Verizon, and
It must an Android phone
If anyone has recommendations concerning upgrading your phone at Verizon without jeopardizing an unlimited plan please add that as well.
Thank you in advance for reading my request.

sweet6s said:
I know there are other posts that ask that question but nothing recent. So...
Here is what I have:
Verizon - w/unlimited data
HTC Rezound - unlocked, rooted, ROM'd, NO S-off
The Portable Wi-Fi hotspot function of my phone is working flawlessly right now. That is very important. I would appreciate any suggestions for a new phone. It doesn't have to be something currently out. It could be something coming down the road.
There are three requirements:
I must be able to enable the Portable Wi-Fi hotspot, and (able to enable, funny)
Acquiring this phone must not affect my unlimited data plan at Verizon, and
It must an Android phone
If anyone has recommendations concerning upgrading your phone at Verizon without jeopardizing an unlimited plan please add that as well.
Thank you in advance for reading my request.
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your budget?

i dont think verizon does unlimited plans anymore. but if your fine with rooting a phone that your going to use for phone purposes you can wifi tether for free i think any phone would be fine for you, gonna be maybe a little more specific on what you want. i mean like screen size, battery life, Cpu.

pradeepxtremehacker said:
your budget?
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Oh, pretty much what ever it n3eeds to be. You know how it is. If it has to be had then I'll get it. Thanks...

Trozzul said:
i dont think verizon does unlimited plans anymore. but if your fine with rooting a phone that your going to use for phone purposes you can wifi tether for free i think any phone would be fine for you, gonna be maybe a little more specific on what you want. i mean like screen size, battery life, Cpu.
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I have an unlimited data plan. I am grandfathered in to it. Believe me, they would love to get that from me (and everyone else that has one). It's a matter of being very careful about what changes are made to your plan or phone as they are always looking for a way to screw ya out of it.
So, the requirements I mentioned above are still good. I need a new phone that I can root and enable the native Portable Wi-Fi hotspot so as to utilize my unlimited data plan. And, beyond that, if you or anyone else has any inside information, a new phone that wont require me to change my plan or otherwise jeopardize my current plan with unlimited data.
As for budget, it doesn't really matter. I can get what I need to get.
Thanks for the post...

sweet6s said:
I have an unlimited data plan. I am grandfathered in to it. Believe me, they would love to get that from me (and everyone else that has one). It's a matter of being very careful about what changes are made to your plan or phone as they are always looking for a way to screw ya out of it.
So, the requirements I mentioned above are still good. I need a new phone that I can root and enable the native Portable Wi-Fi hotspot so as to utilize my unlimited data plan. And, beyond that, if you or anyone else has any inside information, a new phone that wont require me to change my plan or otherwise jeopardize my current plan with unlimited data.
As for budget, it doesn't really matter. I can get what I need to get.
Thanks for the post...
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hmmm you might have to do a bunch of research into it then.

I just was in a similar situation...I went with an HTC one from Tmobile even though Im on ATT...covers mostly all the networks (I travel internationally a fair amount), once you unlock it and is easy to root. No complaints so far

Can I use hotspot on old unlimited data plan?

I'm still on the old unlimited data plan. In the past I've always had to root my phones and use an altered hotspot provision apk as the factory one didn't work without paying extra
I just ordered a g5 (currently on a g3) and I'm wondering if I'll be able to use the factory hotspot with the old plan.
Thanks for any info.

You can't use the built in hotspot but if you aren't on android 7 you can use foxfi. I am on the same grandfathered plan as well and have had no issue on 6.0.1 using foxfi.

My phone came with 7 installed dangit, lol. Thanks for the reply

thecadman99 said:
My phone came with 7 installed dangit, lol. Thanks for the reply
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This may work for you.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-lg-g5/how-to/how-to-activate-hotspot-lg-g5-vs987-t3610819

I know it's late posting but look into the LG G5 RS988 version. I got mine for around the same price as the VS987 and it has no problems running hotspot on a grandfathered plan with android N. Good luck. Just make sure it is not flashed to some weird prepaid carrier. I had to actually buy mine new for $270 because all the ones for around $200 were actually prepaid RS988s in the software.

Verizon, nougat, the sim pop works. Takes a little practice. I turn it on and leave it on, after setting "off" to never.

What's this SIM pop method?

tethering working on Verizon gUDP?

Is Wi-Fi tethering working for those if you with Verizon? I have a grandfather unlimited data plan. If it was possible to Wi-Fi tether either straight out of the box or with a magisk module?

Anyone?

Cowbell_Guy said:
Anyone?
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It worked for me out of the box. I also have old plan. Works great

I too have an old grandfathered unlimited data plan and it worked out of the box for me as well, which is new for me.
When I got the phone, my plan was to root it specifically to edit the build.prop to allow for tethering. I have the 7 Pro directly from OnePlus and am on Verizon.
I didn't try it as soon as I turned it on. I called Verizon 1st to get them to enable cdma-less on my account to allow for messages to work correctly. I tried tethering after that and to my surprise, it worked! Didn't have to root or fiddle about with anything. Ran thru about 500GBs last month over the Hotspot without a problem.

christianpeso said:
I too have an old grandfathered unlimited data plan and it worked out of the box for me as well, which is new for me.
When I got the phone, my plan was to root it specifically to edit the build.prop to allow for tethering. I have the 7 Pro directly from OnePlus and am on Verizon.
I didn't try it as soon as I turned it on. I called Verizon 1st to get them to enable cdma-less on my account to allow for messages to work correctly. I tried tethering after that and to my surprise, it worked! Didn't have to root or fiddle about with anything. Ran thru about 500GBs last month over the Hotspot without a problem.
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Wow awesome. They didn't change your plan or anything did they?

christianpeso said:
I too have an old grandfathered unlimited data plan and it worked out of the box for me as well, which is new for me.
When I got the phone, my plan was to root it specifically to edit the build.prop to allow for tethering. I have the 7 Pro directly from OnePlus and am on Verizon.
I didn't try it as soon as I turned it on. I called Verizon 1st to get them to enable cdma-less on my account to allow for messages to work correctly. I tried tethering after that and to my surprise, it worked! Didn't have to root or fiddle about with anything. Ran thru about 500GBs last month over the Hotspot without a problem.
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I also have grandfathered V. I rooted, cuz that's what I always do, started looking for how to enable it again, first time on this phone, but to my surprise it already worked!

Question Hot spot or Tether with older unlimited data plan

Editing the build prop on my old Pixel 3xl worked great for tethering with the native hot spot, but I'm not seeing anything similar for the 7. Is there a newer or better way to hide the data usage from Verizon that I'm not seeing?

I am using this on old grandfathered data plan (true unlimited)
At&t Hotspot / Tethering
No sure if this is allowed, please remove if not. I have the PP7 Unlocked, rooted, magisk, zygisk and lsposed on an At&t unlimited elite plan. Is there a way to add "Share VPNs to clients" option to a rooted PP7 like on crDroid? I am coming...
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that's amazing! can't believe you guys are still on that grandfather (more like great-great-great grandfather) unlimited plan!
I originally had it too on my LG Voyager when it was $30 unlimited and kept it throughout my 3 Motorola Droids -- so I originally had the plan from '07 and tried to hold on to it until '15)! But when Verizon kept raising it more and more incrementally to $50+, it wasn't worth paying all that much if I wasn't going to be using up to 60+GB at least (per line)...and then they friggin brought back unlimited but with restrictions and "priority" only up to the first whatever-GB (that's why I stay in regular alotted GB with carryover, at least it's not throttled)....
I hated the small print that they could keep unlimited and not throttle it, but it didn't say anything about not increasing the price for the grandfathered plan either...
Still amazing you guys are still on something that started around '07!

viper8u2 said:
I am using this on old grandfathered data plan (true unlimited)
At&t Hotspot / Tethering
No sure if this is allowed, please remove if not. I have the PP7 Unlocked, rooted, magisk, zygisk and lsposed on an At&t unlimited elite plan. Is there a way to add "Share VPNs to clients" option to a rooted PP7 like on crDroid? I am coming...
forum.xda-developers.com
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That's interesting, thanks.
Did you get an email from Verizon when you pop the sim in asking you to add a hot spot package?

simplepinoi177 said:
that's amazing! can't believe you guys are still on that grandfather (more like great-great-great grandfather) unlimited plan!
I originally had it too on my LG Voyager when it was $30 unlimited and kept it throughout my 3 Motorola Droids -- so I originally had the plan from '07 and tried to hold on to it until '15)! But when Verizon kept raising it more and more incrementally to $50+, it wasn't worth paying all that much if I wasn't going to be using up to 60+GB at least (per line)...and then they friggin brought back unlimited but with restrictions and "priority" only up to the first whatever-GB (that's why I stay in regular alotted GB with carryover, at least it's not throttled)....
I hated the small print that they could keep unlimited and not throttle it, but it didn't say anything about not increasing the price for the grandfathered plan either...
Still amazing you guys are still on something that started around '07!
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I'm about to dump it finally. I have had this line since 01 or 02 and they just keep getting worse. It's like each additional year of loyalty makes them try harder at being terrible .
For some reason Dish is up on a tower across from my business and their 5g has been working pretty decent for the last 2 months. And I have to be about the only person using it as there is nothing else around there except vehicle traffic. So I'll probably give it another month and see if anything goes wrong with Dish and then drop Verizon once and for all.
I have the Dish service for free for the next 21 months, so that will help offset some of the overpriced Verizon billing for the last two decades.

amtrak23 said:
I'm about to dump it finally. I have had this line since 01 or 02 and they just keep getting worse. It's like each additional year of loyalty makes them try harder at being terrible .
For some reason Dish is up on a tower across from my business and their 5g has been working pretty decent for the last 2 months. And I have to be about the only person using it as there is nothing else around there except vehicle traffic. So I'll probably give it another month and see if anything goes wrong with Dish and then drop Verizon once and for all.
I have the Dish service for free for the next 21 months, so that will help offset some of the overpriced Verizon billing for the last two decades.
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I'm with you....I got my line in '02....it really kinda feels/means something sticking to it for so long.... But if one gets too complacent and not able to recognize a better deal, it's unfortunate; I admire you being able to have a better option and/or being able to break away...

amtrak23 said:
That's interesting, thanks.
Did you get an email from Verizon when you pop the sim in asking you to add a hot spot package?
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No I did not. I have the unlocked version and did remove all verizon stuff that it tried to install right away

Best way is to use the magisk module for tethering bypass. Or rooted app VPN tether.

Yup, use the Magisk module to enable tethering does the same thing is the build prop edit. I used it no problem on the OG unlimited data plan with Verizon.

Don't you have Unlimited contracts in America, I pay 60€ a month for mine in Germany (from Telekom).
Or what is the problem here with tethering

AngelNine said:
Don't you have Unlimited contracts in America, I pay 60€ a month for mine in Germany (from Telekom).
Or what is the problem here with tethering
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Tethering is not unlimited here. I think the highest cap on a consumer plan is 40 or 50GB right now unless you get Visible which is unlimited but throttled to 5Mbps.

EtherealRemnant said:
Tethering is not unlimited here. I think the highest cap on a consumer plan is 40 or 50GB right now unless you get Visible which is unlimited but throttled to 5Mbps.
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Wow, I use hotspot or USB tethering all day and thus create a little over 1000GB data volume

AngelNine said:
Wow, I use hotspot or USB tethering all day and thus create a little over 1000GB data volume
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Our networks couldn't handle that in a lot of places. Sometimes when the network is busy here, I'm lucky to be able to load a webpage.

Root the phone, VPN Hotspot from playstore... Works like charm