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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.

FoxFi will it work?

I depend on FoxFi to share my unlimited data. Will FoxFi work on the S7 if so I wonder if it will work in the Verizon version?
Any thoughts?
Thanks Adam:good:

Yes it does work. I'm using my s7 now from Verizon. So happy to get it already. I still have the unlimited data as well so this function is very nice to have.

adam2289 said:
Yes it does work. I'm using my s7 now from Verizon. So happy to get it already. I still have the unlimited data as well so this function is very nice to have.
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How do you still have unlimited data? Are you making payments on s7 or did you do 2 year deal?

I'm making payments on the s7. I been paying month to month for years now. When Verizon upped the price for unlimited from 30 to 50 they allowed the unlimited users to be able to do payment plans to allow us to upgrade without getting rid of unlimited. There is no renewal of contract when doing a payment plan on a new device

Verizon never increased my unlimited data to $50. I'm afraid to upgrade my phone and tip them off.

adam2289 said:
I'm making payments on the s7. I been paying month to month for years now. When Verizon upped the price for unlimited from 30 to 50 they allowed the unlimited users to be able to do payment plans to allow us to upgrade without getting rid of unlimited. There is no renewal of contract when doing a payment plan on a new device
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Apparently it can be done, as long as you have more than one line on your plan and the additional line(s) do not have unlimited. The guys at Costco did it for me this weekend I have a new 2 year contract and was able to keep my $50 unlimited data plan on my line.
I am now an S7 user. It's a change from HTC, but so far it's good... Waiting for a while before rooting, though, for hardware failure concerns. I'm on day 2 and already had to swap out a defective s7. Power button would not work at all.
ETA: Back on Topic: Installed FoxFi (paid version) plus the FoxFi add-on, and I am tethering with no issues on Verizon. Tested with http, ftp and VNC. All working quite well. You do need to do a two-step process to turn it on, however. Enable FoxFi, then it will tell you to turn on Mobile Hotspot. FoxFi walks you through this just fine and loads the Mobile Hotspot app for you when enabling. When turning off the FoxFi Hotspot, if you had WiFi enabled prior to activating the FoxFi Hotspot, your phone will complain and ask to do it for you if you. If you did not have WiFi enabled prior to launching FoxFi hotspot, your phone will not complain, so you will need to remember to turn off the mobile hotspot yourself after turning off FoxFi Hotspot.
ETA2: Turning off the hotspot by turning off the phone's Mobile Hotspot will be detected by FoxFi and FoxFi will turn itself off. The quick setting toggle button works great for this.

Last time I used fox fi tmobile must've seen it and took out from tethering pool

Doesn't work for me

For the S7 on Verizon will I need to set a password on my phone? On the S3 I was able to bypass the password but on the S5 I was not. It didn't work. I don't want this to only to work if I need a.password or a patteen on my phone.

Verizon Pixel XL 7.1.1 tethering?

I managed to lose my beloved Pixel XL at a bar last week. I had managed to get in early and get a phone where I could unlock the bootloader and all was great, but now I seem to be boned... My phone came with 7.1.1 installed and the option for OEM unlocking is grayed out. Unfortunately I have to go to the Verizon store to get a replacement SIM card, but I'm really worried about my ability to tether. I'm on a grandfathered unlimited plan that I use to tether my work laptop, will I be able to tether like I did on my old Pixel XL, or will I be stuck buying a phone from Google to get this function back?
Thanks.

You are out of luck. Check into the new unlimited data plan, it allows tethering. It might be a better way to go for you. I don't know the details, just an idea.

TonikJDK said:
You are out of luck. Check into the new unlimited data plan, it allows tethering. It might be a better way to go for you. I don't know the details, just an idea.
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Thanks, but I have zero interest in letting go of my TRUE unlimited plan, I've already used 35GB this month...

were you ever able to get tethering to work on old grandfathered unlimited?

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!

Hotspot on Verizon????

Hello I'm considering getting this phone. I researched and found that this phone model 1917 is the right one for Verizon it has all its LTE bands and I could give a **** about Wi-Fi calling or visual voicemail or video calling I have apps for that. My big question is about the hot spot for people using this phone on Verizon.
Do you have to do anything to get your hotspot to work properly the reason I don't buy phones from Verizon is I'm on the grandfathered unlimited data plan meaning I don't get throttled after using a certain amount of data it's only $10 more a month than their so-called unlimited plan offered now.
If I switch to a Verizon brand phone they will make me sign up with dere new data plan which only offers 30 gigabytes a month and I would burn through that inside of a couple days.
This is the reason I've been sticking with my HTC u12 plus. The native hotspot on this international phone works right out of the box since it's not Verizon limited software. I just wondered does the hotspot work flawlessly?

jluva420 said:
Hello I'm considering getting this phone. I researched and found that this phone model 1917 is the right one for Verizon it has all its LTE bands and I could give a **** about Wi-Fi calling or visual voicemail or video calling I have apps for that. My big question is about the hot spot for people using this phone on Verizon.
Do you have to do anything to get your hotspot to work properly the reason I don't buy phones from Verizon is I'm on the grandfathered unlimited data plan meaning I don't get throttled after using a certain amount of data it's only $10 more a month than their so-called unlimited plan offered now.
If I switch to a Verizon brand phone they will make me sign up with dere new data plan which only offers 30 gigabytes a month and I would burn through that inside of a couple days.
This is the reason I've been sticking with my HTC u12 plus. The native hotspot on this international phone works right out of the box since it's not Verizon limited software. I just wondered does the hotspot work flawlessly?
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HI,
I have a 7 Pro but I am on the newest plans; Get More Unlimited.
I got rid of my grandfathered plan because there was no benefit for me and the new ones are cheaper.
There is a provisioning check on some phones. If you root you can bypass the check.

I have the original unlimited plan, like you, and hotspot worked just fine. It worked fine with T-Mobile firmware and global, so no worries at all.

No issues with Verizon hotspot here. Just got CDMA-less enabled on my line and haven't had any service issues whatsoever