I obviously don't have 4g in my house, I turn on hotspot and the phone says the xbox us connected, but the xbox won't connect to live.. Any help? Phones not rooted I'm using the built in hotspot, is that extra charge?
Yeah if you are stock not rooted you need to pay for it.
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Geez, so I guess they shouldn't call my plan"everything unlimited" is there a way to tether using wireless n?
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I'm confused. I understand that Sprint charges extra to allow customers to enable tethering via their cell phones. And I understand that many rooted phones can have apps installed and/or enabled to allow tethering without any extra charge. (Please correct me if any of that is inaccurate.)
So what happens when I turn on the wifi hotspot on my new phone? Will it fail because I don't have a "tethering" option on my plan? Will it work, but add $30 to my monthly bill? Or will something else happen.
Same with the USB tethering? How does that work? And get billed?
This 3vo is the first phone I've had that offered these options.
You can use USB tethering without paying the $30/month fee. That's just for WiFi tethering. If you try to use the WiFi hotspot, it simply will just not work. You will not be charged.
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Both wired and wireless tethering fail with the message to contact Sprint to upgrade your plan.
What about pdanet? I haven't had time to try it out yet.
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No, I'm not happy to see you, that's a Shooter in my pocket.
I was told the usb tethering would be free but when i try it it tells me its not included on my acct
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Pdanet works just fine
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Pdanet works just fine
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Excellent. Thanks.
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3vo. That is all that needs be said.
Thanks alot pdanet worked awesome!
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This app is cheap and works great check it out here Also you CAN tether a wifi connection for free but not using mobile connection.
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I found when you try to use either wireless or wired tethering build into the software, you get that error message and it also shuts down the 3g signal. You can still form an adhoc network wirelessly but no internet.
I'm looking for a Rom that unlocks the built in tethering. I just found Virusrom to do a good job. Any other roms you can recommend that just unlock the built in tethering functions?
Ok heres the deal, at the moment i have a xbox elite. My friend wants to trade his xbox slim for it. At the moment i dont have internet so i cant connect to live. Im thinking since the slim has wifi i could wireless tether my phone to it. Has anyone been able to do it successfully?
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Ok heres the deal, at the moment i have a xbox elite. My friend wants to trade his xbox slim for it. At the moment i dont have internet so i cant connect to live. Im thinking since the slim has wifi i could wireless tether my phone to it. Has anyone been able to do it successfully?
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i'd try it with ps3 but its crap internet in my house so it probably wont connect
go to his and try it ??
edit: i put it next to the ps3 and got H so tried it and it connected and signed in so dont see why it wouldnt on 360
Yes I have, its only been successful using mobile AP which comes with about all the ROMs here in XDA
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Idk why it wouldnt work
.. now what i dont understand is why your friend wwants to trade xbx slim for xbox elite????
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i have done it almost everyday. the speed might not be enough for online gaming. but i would always stream hulu and netflix using wireless tether.
Is there a way to tether somehow on sprints network but tethering on 4G rather than 3g? I have the sprint hotspot app working but it only connects to 3g and loses 4G signal when I connect. Any thoughts? And thank you all ahead of time!
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As far as I know that's how it has always worked, even since the EVO 4G days. You'll have to use Wireless Tether if you want to tether on 4G.
JakedGr8 said:
Is there a way to tether somehow on sprints network but tethering on 4G rather than 3g? I have the sprint hotspot app working but it only connects to 3g and loses 4G signal when I connect. Any thoughts? And thank you all ahead of time!
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YES, this is common knowledge!!! PAY SPRINT$30 a month and you can tether on 4g with the Sprint hotspot all you want. If you don't want to pay $30 a month than you have to use one of the other tethering apps out there to tether with 4g. The hotspot unlock only supports 3g.
Sweet, thanks everyone, I appreciate your input!
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Yeah that's what I have heard as well about sprints hotspot App, and I myself use wifi tether and will use sprint if I ever need to for a computer that's needs to be tethered through usb cable nice feature to have as a backup.
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thanks for this post as it has answered same ? for me...
Thanks i did not know this
hey guys ive looked every where n tried every program/thing i could find with no luck. basically i moved into a new apt i have no internet and wont be able to have some for a while, so what im trying to do (because my pc doesnt have a wireless netcard) is tether my 4g connection to my pc and then bridge that to my xbox 360.... everything works fine with the built in usb tether but it disconnects 4g. i tried easy tether which works fine on 4g but it doesnt bridge, i get an error saying there was an unexpected error creating bridge. i also tried pdanet WHICH IS AWESOME FAST! but again it wont bridge properly. it connects it creates bridge then disconnects and asks me to install "LEGACY PDANET" with is like dial up and will not allow me to bridge. PLEASE im desprete! all i need is to tether my 4g connection to my pc then bridge the connection to my xbox 360.... THANKS IN ADVANCE to who ever can help. if there isnt a way please let me know also
Root + wifi tether?
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Have you called 1-800-4MYXBOX?
If not, when i worked there they had a networking specialty team that could do a lot of things. Might be worth a shot.
So. Really the issue is that when it works 4G doesn't. And when using a different app. The 4G works but it doesn't create the bridge and causes an error?
What version of windows?
Its just easier to root and use wireless man. Ever since the first evo came out, ps3 and xbox pick up the wireless. Neither system could pick up tether for me on my older devices..
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Have you called 1-800-4MYXBOX?
If not, when i worked there they had a networking specialty team that could do a lot of things. Might be worth a shot.
So. Really the issue is that when it works 4G doesn't. And when using a different app. The 4G works but it doesn't create the bridge and causes an error?
What version of windows?
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Exactly! I'm on windows 7 its weird because when I had my HTC mogul I used to tether and bridge just fine and I could play online. I remember playing gta 4 online and it ran fine, voice chat and all. Now when I tether in 3g its slow as all hell.... Main reason I want 4g working.
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cajones42 said:
Its just easier to root and use wireless man. Ever since the first evo came out, ps3 and xbox pick up the wireless. Neither system could pick up tether for me on my older devices..
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I am rooted and cannot use wireless because neither my Xbox or PC have wireless.... My PC's wireless card burnt out (long story) and I have an old Xbox 360 with out wireless.... I use wireless to tether my touchpad and on 4g is lighting fast! I want that speed on my Xbox :'(
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Get a cheap 360 wireless adapter on EBay
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I am curious to know why I can get 40mbps down and 20mbps up on my Note 2 but when I tether I only get about 5mbps down & 3mbps up on my desktop or laptop...? I know there would be a loss of SOME bandwidth but it seems like they are throttling tethering usage? I live right next to the tower so I guess I am lucky as far as that goes but I have used several apps and I just can't get the speed I would like... Any thoughts? TIA
How are you tethering? Bluetooth, USB, Wifi? I've only ever used bluetooth and wifi, and bluetooth was about 10 times slower than wifi on my Nexus.
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How are you tethering? Bluetooth, USB, Wifi? I've only ever used bluetooth and wifi, and bluetooth was about 10 times slower than wifi on my Nexus.
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I have been using wifi for the most part..
Is there a way to connect via usb with the note 2 and not be charged extra because one is on the unlimited plan?
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Is there a way to connect via usb with the note 2 and not be charged extra because one is on the unlimited plan?
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I use foxfi from play store for wifi tether, no root needed n its free
hmm i have not had that problem...when tethering via portable wifi hotspot my computers pull the same bandwidth.
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hmm i have not had that problem...when tethering via portable wifi hotspot my computers pull the same bandwidth.
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Same here. I get about 10 to 11 down on average on my phone and get similar results when tethered to my laptop.
I'm using the stock mobile hotspot, though I doubt FoxFi would be any different. I just made a widget through Tasker and it bypasses the entitlement check. So I bet you could download any number of power control widgets that included a tether control and it would do the same thing.
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Same here. I get about 10 to 11 down on average on my phone and get similar results when tethered to my laptop.
I'm using the stock mobile hotspot, though I doubt FoxFi would be any different. I just made a widget through Tasker and it bypasses the entitlement check. So I bet you could download any number of power control widgets that included a tether control and it would do the same thing.
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yea i wouldnt think it matters...any tether app that uses the stock hotspot app but bypasses the subscription check should work fine.
don't know if this has been asked already, but is there a way to tether using phone minutes instead of data? thanks
PDANet from the play store tethers via USB. The app is pricey but works well.
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