So, just got a nexus 7 and want to to use my Amaze to tether to it for mobile data. I've searched around A LOT and not found a post that answers my question. I've seen several posts about tether hacking APN's and "viewing formats"? to trick T-MO into seeing the downloaded info as being a mobile device, or specifically an Android device. I don't want the hassle or know if it's possible from my tablet to my phone. I am actually looking for an APP that permits tethering. I am willing to pay for it, but I haven't found one that works. I've tried several free versions that permit you to test the app before buying the paid version. And some others that try using the stock tethering but use the aftermarket APP to get to it. Nothing works. Either T-MO blocks it still, or it can never fully connect. Does anyone know an app that works? I have an unlocked bootloader, and am running Eclipzes speed rom. I AM S-ON. Will S-OFF help? Any advice is appreciated.
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Wifi tether for root users? It is free.
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That was the most disappointing 1. It actually turns my phone off...
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I used the APN change and built-in tethering app as found documented in the thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1332627
That works for me and a stock only ever temp rooted Amaze 4g. You said you are willing to pay, then you could just pay T-Mobile if that is the case. No need to pay any 3rd party if that what you decide.
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Yeah, I meant pay for an app once and be done. $15 per month for the foreseeable future just to access to my own data plan is stupid. I'll try that method. Does anyone know if I go back to gingerbread if I'll regain the feature? Has anyone tried this? I would be willing to go that route, the Nexus is my play toy now so it won't bother me soo much to be running 2.3 on the Amaze. Although I'll miss speed rom...
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Yaataa! Working, for now. I'll update if they cut me off...
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I'm switching from the Nexus S and found out last night that the Nexus S lets you use the Gingerbread wireless tether for free (for now at least) because they didn't find a way to block it from working.
Is this the same thing on the EVO 3D?
I only saw the Sprint Hotspot in settings which doesn't work without subbing obviously. So I'm guessing they removed it or I am missing where it is.
The nexus s is a "pure Google" phone which means sprint didnt/wasn't aloud(?) change anything in the android OS. That's why wireless tether is still there for free in the nexus s. The EVO 3d however has alll of sprint's bloat etc., including a locked WiFi hotspot.
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shark1987 said:
I'm switching from the Nexus S and found out last night that the Nexus S lets you use the Gingerbread wireless tether for free (for now at least) because they didn't find a way to block it from working.
Is this the same thing on the EVO 3D?
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Nope, gotta pay to play on the 3D.
Has anybody tried calling sprint & actually complaining about this issue? They may give it to you and just waive the fee on your account... Might be worth a shot
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dimebagdan65 said:
Has anybody tried calling sprint & actually complaining about this issue? They may give it to you and just waive the fee on your account... Might be worth a shot
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I don't think it's something Sprint is gonna give you it for free. Hotspot has never been free, I wouldn't call in to complaint about it.
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I don't think it's something Sprint is gonna give you it for free. Hotspot has never been free, I wouldn't call in to complaint about it.
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It will be free to root users soon enough. Let Sprint make a few bucks off the non-rooters.
Okay oh well no big deal just wondering. I'm actually waiting to get the EVO 3D right now. I barely used tethering on my droid but it was really nice to have when I needed it. I probably won't need it before its rooted anyways.
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Once root is gained Wireless Tether is the way to go...and its free.
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Try the "Pdanet" or "Pdanet Tablet" app to use through bluetooth. Works great for me using my Nook to tether to my 3vo.
I have the EVO 3d. I have read through many places about rooting the phone. I am basically looking for a solution so that I can use the FREE wifi tether. I really don't want to do the HTC unlock method because I understand that it voids my warranty, and don't want to have any situation down the road. I know that there was a way on revolutionary.io... but that was for hboot up to 1.40.0000. Most of us have 1.50.000 like me.
Any suggestions?
HTC unlock method won't void anything differently than any other root process. Only way to get free hotspot is to root.
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Thanks...
Thank you for your information. I will have to search through and find the easiest way to get wifi tether if I do the HTC unlock method.
Thanks again.
hotspot not working
i just flashed your latest rom,Update 10/15 - RC2 Test4
everything works fine except for my hot spot
i erased data cache and delvick, then flashed rom, it booted up fine everything works but not the hotspot
which i pay for, wifi tether doest work either
my 4g works though, getting good speed, what did i do wrong.
the rom i was using before was viper 1.3, when i tried to go back it still wouldn't work.
can you help
jmarsden92 said:
Thank you for your information. I will have to search through and find the easiest way to get wifi tether if I do the HTC unlock method.
Thanks again.
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on my set, WiFi tether is working without rooting.....I believe it is the case with other stock sets aswell
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Do you have the Wireless Tether apk...?
I will give it a try but it is not supposed to work without root...
TY.
yassero said:
on my set, WiFi tether is working without rooting.....I believe it is the case with other stock sets aswell
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jmarsden92 said:
I will give it a try but it is not supposed to work without root...
TY.
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The logical reasoning behind this would be, the availability to use WiFi tether will depend based on cell phone carrier.
The above user has the Egyptian flag, usually indicating they reside in that country and also has a signature for the GSM version of the EVO 3D (I don't think sold in the US).
Fairly confident the Sprint version of the EVO 3D will not offer "free" wifi tether/hot spot as they charge roughly $30 a month for this servce reasoning it will significantly increase data usage.
The only method to obtain WiFi tether w/o paying the Sprint monthly fee will be to use a 3rd party application which requires root access in order to properly establish the correct connections on the device.
In theory, I would imagine it is possible to use WiFi tether w/o root access but it would require somebody to reverse engineer the Sprint hotspot application and essentially disable the authentication mechanism. Not sure if this has been done or not.
Hope that helps!
Good Point...
Thanks. I didn't even read enough fully. You are more than likely correct.
U can hack the sprint hotspor and use it for free. Most roms have it hack and a 3rd party tethering app installed.
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Hello folks, after lots of research I found myself compelled to open a new thread about this problem. I read in some places that it&t locks its devices not letting the phone use WiFi tether. Well, I unlocked my bootloader and rooted the phone, and im currently using elegancia Rom. Im not really interested in WiFi, only in tethering. I tried different roms and the results were the same. Any help?
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Hello folks, after lots of research I found myself compelled to open a new thread about this problem. I read in some places that it&t locks its devices not letting the phone use WiFi tether. Well, I unlocked my bootloader and rooted the phone, and im currently using elegancia Rom. Im not really interested in WiFi, only in tethering. I tried different roms and the results were the same. Any help?
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Are you on a share plan or a regular plan with AT&T? I know that Tethering is included for free with Share plans but AT&T charges extra if your on a different plan. You may need to have the feature added to your account.
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Are you on a share plan or a regular plan with AT&T? I know that Tethering is included for free with Share plans but AT&T charges extra if your on a different plan. You may need to have the feature added to your account.
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I bought my phone on a travel to California, but I'm from Brazil. I unlocked my phone in order to have it working with my local carrier.
paulinodf said:
I bought my phone on a travel to California, but I'm from Brazil. I unlocked my phone in order to have it working with my local carrier.
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Then you may have to reach out to your carrier to make sure you have the feature enabled. Most likely it is being blocked by your local carrier.
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Then you may have to reach out to your carrier to make sure you have the feature enabled. Most likely it is being blocked by your local carrier.
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I hardly think so... I had a HOX and everything worked like a charm.
I just bought the full version of PDAnet and I'm using it. It's a shame to have to buy an app to do something that the phone itself should do by itself.
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I hardly think so... I had a HOX and everything worked like a charm.
I just bought the full version of PDAnet and I'm using it. It's a shame to have to buy an app to do something that the phone itself should do by itself.
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Well here in the states they charge us for each and every little feature.
so guys... no help?
Are you looking for tethering it reverse tethering??
Have you tried Fox-Fi tether from the Play Store? There's many apps on the Play Store that enable this feature.
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What?
Thanks, but I'm already using PDAnet. However, I'd like to use the "bult-in" smart tethering feature of the phone, independent of third party apps
Sorry didn't see that. I know it is ridiculous having a feature disabled on your $700 phone that is built in. And having to use a 3rd party app.
Especially with carriers charging for a feature thats bulit in your phone.
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So I have this Motorola Photon,
I rooted it and it has the latest update prior to the rooting.
I would like to unlock whatever it is that I need to in order to get Free Wifi for my laptop.
I would also like to be able to stream Netflix on my laptop since I don't want to pay for Cable and internet.
If anyone could give me step by step instructions, that would be most helpful.
Thank you in advance for your time and help
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You can install the wifi-tether app from the play store. Just beware of any contract issues that might bring up with your cell provider.
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What WiFi Tethering app do you recommend
Also:
How do I get around my wireless provider? I have Sprint, my brother and I are on the same plan. He has the ability to get free mobile hot spot, via root etc. He wont tell me how to do it "figure it out yourself" So here I am. If you have any info or a step by step pretty please let me know.
Thanks
Your brother rooted hits phone and very likely loaded this WifiTether app: http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/downloads/list.
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ATT wants $50 more on top of the $160 we are already paying to upgrade the data plan in order to enable tethering on my HTC One X. This is robbery. I've tried three tethering apps and my phone is rooted. Nothing seems to work.
Please advise.
trpenner said:
ATT wants $50 more on top of the $160 we are already paying to upgrade the data plan in order to enable tethering on my HTC One X. This is robbery. I've tried three tethering apps and my phone is rooted. Nothing seems to work.
Please advise.
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Check this link it might help you save money and I believe those plans include mobile hotspot
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=50165782
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TopoX84 said:
Check this link it might help you save money and I believe those plans include mobile hotspot
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=50165782
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Yeah, I don't like the plan games and don't have time to figure that mess out. I'd rather stick with root and figure out a tethering method that works. What is the best app to make this happen?
There is a way to use ES file explorer... I don't remember exactly how it is, look for it
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flash a custom rom then you can easily achieve tethering
if you want to stay stock rooted, there's a mod to remove AT&T from the signal bar so it just shows 3G, H+...etc that will also allow you to tether directly from the built in hot spot. forgot the mod name otherwise i would have thrown you a link. you can probably find it on xda
Tethering with a custom rom
623baller said:
flash a custom rom then you can easily achieve tethering
if you want to stay stock rooted, there's a mod to remove AT&T from the signal bar so it just shows 3G, H+...etc that will also allow you to tether directly from the built in hot spot. forgot the mod name otherwise i would have thrown you a link. you can probably find it on xda
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That's fantastic news. When rooting the first time, I used this toolkit http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2587677. It has run apps requiring root so I think it is still rooted although I wish it would tell me when it updates because ATT no longer seems to find any except for individual apps. Once I got it rooted, I didn't follow through with a custom ROM because I didn't know how to check the popularity and stability of them. I would love to have tethering so that I can hot spot my phone when needed, and I would also like to have 'real' call recording as opposed to microphone based call recording. Assistance in where to go with this would be greatly appreciated.