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Okay so I am running the latest CM7 on my Thunderbolt. I am interested in taking advantage of the official tethering abilty detailed on Droid-life. (it wouldn't let me post the link).. Basically it's 30 extra bucks a month for unlimited 4g tethering (for those of us currently "grandfathered" into unlimited 4g)
Yes, I am okay with paying for this service. Has anyone successfully added this feature and used it in conjunction with CM7? Thanks in advance for any help!
If you were on Synergy you wouldn't need the official ass raping by Verizon hotspot app....
As for every other rom, you have Wireless Tether.
Why pay for double unlimited ability?
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CanesDrew said:
If you were on Synergy you wouldn't need the official ass raping by Verizon hotspot app....
As for every other rom, you have Wireless Tether.
Why pay for double unlimited ability?
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Your rom is not special. He uses CM7 and it has tether built it. It had it long before the thunderbolt and long before your ROM existed. Please don't post off topic stuff to talk up your ROM. This isn't the place to do it.
Anyways, he wants to pay for it and use it legitimately. That's his choice.
To the OP, have you tried grabbing it out of a ROM that has it and installing it on your phone? I can't say if it will work, but it's worth a try.
paying for tethering is like paying for two orders of all-you-can-eat pancakes at Dennys. does not compute.
gohamstergo said:
paying for tethering is like paying for two orders of all-you-can-eat pancakes at Dennys. does not compute.
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I would agree but in this case, but you get these jackasses running p2p off their cellphones just to prove their wireless connection is unlimited, that will just piss the carriers and turn off the fun for all of us.
gohamstergo said:
paying for tethering is like paying for two orders of all-you-can-eat pancakes at Dennys. does not compute.
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That made me LOL +1 sir
Towelie420 said:
Okay so I am running the latest CM7 on my Thunderbolt. I am interested in taking advantage of the official tethering abilty detailed on Droid-life. (it wouldn't let me post the link).. Basically it's 30 extra bucks a month for unlimited 4g tethering (for those of us currently "grandfathered" into unlimited 4g)
Yes, I am okay with paying for this service. Has anyone successfully added this feature and used it in conjunction with CM7? Thanks in advance for any help!
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not sure, it seems all verizon apps don't work without sense being built into the rom. If you want to officially tether you might to try out a sense ROM.
So far all the unofficial tether apps I have used do not work over 4g, they give me 3g speeds.
the one on the newest CM7 gave me better then 3g speeds when I had it tethered. But even then it still doesn't make sense to pay for the teather when we have a free version even if it is a little slower you're paying $30 a month for the data then another 30 for the teather? Sounds foolish.
Paying for Hotspot while running CM7 is like... the weirdest thing I've ever heard. You paid for the phone, it has that ability, you turn it on. Why pay again for something you can do for free. It's not like your data plan doesn't already cover what you're paying for AGAIN.
Not paying for data twice. Pay data once, tether fee is for integrity.
pl4tinum514 said:
Paying for Hotspot while running CM7 is like... the weirdest thing I've ever heard. You paid for the phone, it has that ability, you turn it on. Why pay again for something you can do for free. It's not like your data plan doesn't already cover what you're paying for AGAIN.
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shame on someone following the contract they agreed to...
Think about if for a second, all the freeloaders in this thread. The all you can eat pancakes at Denny's analogy is a bad one and does not compute here. Since you can tether multiple devices at the same time with Hotspot, your Denny's analogy is more like you trying to pay for one all you can eat while feeding up to 8 people. I'd like to see a single Denny's or any other all you can eat venue of your choice willing to do that. Why should Verizon?
I'm really trying to be nice here, but all you moochers could well ruin it for all the rest of us. If you want the service, pay the friggin tether fee.
shaddix2 said:
Not paying for data twice. Pay data once, tether fee is for integrity.
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If you're going to pay for "integrity" you should probably know a little bit more about what you're going to piss your money away on first.
LTE through big red follows block c provisioning from the FCC. That tethering is your right, and it is supposed to be free according to the people who regulate it (assuming you're on 4g)
If you're not using your 4g connection, feel free to give big red your $30/month for subpar 3g speeds on a network congested with iphone kiddies swapping pics of their budding chests and whatever else kids under 18 do with phones these days.
If big red had an hspa+ 3g with 4mbit connections it might be worth paying for.
I for one won't be paying for either my 3g or my 4g, one for the principal and the other because it's not even worth my effort to attempt a connection.
I'm a bit confused; on the note 2 there is a hotspot configuration. If you have a tired plan is it free to use; or do you have to use an alternative (such as foxfi) to avoid charges? When I click on it it doesn't seem to mention anything about payment.
jake21 said:
I'm a bit confused; on the note 2 there is a hotspot configuration. If you have a tired plan is it free to use; or do you have to use an alternative (such as foxfi) to avoid charges? When I click on it it doesn't seem to mention anything about payment.
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If you have a "share everything" plan, then yes it is free. If you are on the old school "family plan" where you had unlimited data, then no it is not free.
If you are on an unlimited data plan, you need to use a widget or toggle to activate the hotspot.
For some reason, this gets around the activation check so you don't have to pay the monthly access fee.
On a tiered plan it is free anyway although you would rather quickly run through the allowed data amount.
I have neither; I have a tired plan which is not unlimited and not a share everything plan.
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If you have a "share everything" plan, then yes it is free. If you are on the old school "family plan" where you had unlimited data, then no it is not free.
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jake21 said:
I have neither; I have a tired plan which is not unlimited and not a share everything plan.
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just install a custom rom and it will be free regardless of what type of data plan you have.
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I have neither; I have a tired plan which is not unlimited and not a share everything plan.
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Aren't all tiered data plans "share everything" ??
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mkhalil06 said:
just install a custom rom and it will be free regardless of what type of data plan you have.
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All you need is root, you don't need a custom ROM for that.
No; I obtained my plan last year which was after they stopped offering unlimited but before they started the 'share everything'. It is actually possible to get a non-shared everything plan today (at least according to verizon faq) but they do not explicitly mention them (also I have no clue if the faq is out of date).
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If you have a "share everything" plan, then yes it is free. If you are on the old school "family plan" where you had unlimited data, then no it is not free.
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jmorton10 said:
Aren't all tiered data plans "share everything" ??
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All you need is root, you don't need a custom ROM for that.
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You don't even need root, just a toggle widget. Was using the widget on stock phone for weeks before rooting/unlocking.
nunyazz said:
You don't even need root, just a toggle widget. Was using the widget on stock phone for weeks before rooting/unlocking.
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I didn't realize that. I rooted my phone five minutes after I took it out of the box......
I know we used to need root to use the free wireless tether, but the VZ hotspot was not an option back then.
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You don't even need root, just a toggle widget. Was using the widget on stock phone for weeks before rooting/unlocking.
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I'm sorry. I literally just got this phone today. Was this "toggle widget" removed? I went through each widget on the phone and found no toggle anything widget of any kind. Could you point me in the right direction please? Download?
Thanks.
Search the market hotspot toggle or something similar. Use the widget to turn on hotspot.
I use swicthpro widget. But the are plenty of free alternatives.
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Right, there are TONS of free widgets in the playstore that will work.
If you flash any of the custom ROMs at somepoint, they all have it in the taskbar ready to use.
Thanks guys. Literally searched hot spot toggle. Got fattin. Works fine.
Just on the off chance..
I buy 6 gig a month with Verizon on the latest plan. Regardless of whether I use the original verizon rom or another one with free wireless I still am adding to that 6 gig pool each time I use the network whether from my pc or from my phone directly correct? I'm not missing anything am I? That's the point of my post Thanks!
On verizon if you have a non-unlimited plan you have free hotspot period. There are no restrictions and this make sense. Unfortunately with AT&T on the lower level plans (such as 2GB) this is not the case; so on at&t they do attempt to restrict hotspot usage for those who do not pay for hotspot service but it is harder for them to restrict with custom rom.
mryanmarkryan said:
I buy 6 gig a month with Verizon on the latest plan. Regardless of whether I use the original verizon rom or another one with free wireless I still am adding to that 6 gig pool each time I use the network whether from my pc or from my phone directly correct? I'm not missing anything am I? That's the point of my post Thanks!
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I search the site for answers for this question but, unable to find the answers. I currently have a Motorolla Droid 3 on the big V which I was able set up to use my grandfathered unlimited data plan to tether to my Laptop when I was unable to use my wifi. I would like to up grade to a Samsung Galaxy 4 and I was wondering if I would be able to accomplish the same situation again? I do not want to pay an additional $30 for a new upgrade plan in addition to my phone's data plan - Ideas?
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I'd say the quickest option is theres an app for it on the play store. I personally use FoxFi until native tethering mod is available for it. FoxFi isn' bad.
jjckflsh said:
I search the site for answers for this question but, unable to find the answers. I currently have a Motorolla Droid 3 on the big V which I was able set up to use my grandfathered unlimited data plan to tether to my Laptop when I was unable to use my wifi. I would like to up grade to a Samsung Galaxy 4 and I was wondering if I would be able to accomplish the same situation again? I do not want to pay an additional $30 for a new upgrade plan in addition to my phone's data plan - Ideas?
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Maybe I don't fully understand your question, but here are some facts that may help you:
1. If you take the S4 at a discount with a subsidy, you will loose your grandfathered unlimited plan. If you want the S4 and you want to keep unlimited data, you are looking at full retail for the S4, which is around $650-700.
2. Legitimate tethering is $30 per month, regardless of the device you tether with. If you run an app to tether and do not pay the $30 fee per month and VZW wishes to be difficult, you could lose your unlimited data.
The corporate ATT store yesterday said it would cost upwards of $30 or so a month to add it to my plan. I don't have mobile share. Anyone get them to add it to your unlimited plan...and for how much?
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The corporate store yesterday said it would cost upwards of $30 or so a month to add it to my plan. I don't have mobile share. Anyone get them to add it to your unlimited plan...and for how much?
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I DO NOT have Verizon but from what I've read on THIS forum 5$ a month for Everything plan or 25$ a month for the watchphone plan it self however you can wait for the Verizon ppl to chime in
yup t-mobile has unlimited . don't need to be grandfathered in
I should have specified ATT
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I should have specified ATT
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LOL Ahh I see good question
I am waiting this out as well, I have a grandfathered data plan too.
I Went to at&t today and they were really busy, but i wanted to try on the watch and take a closer look at the nano sim slot.
I am thinking about buying it outright, and then swap the sim from my phone when I want to leave it at home. I know I will need an adapter for my phone's sim and it's may not be ideal, but it's better than paying a monthly fee.
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I should have specified ATT
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ah ... good look with that one :laugh:
I guess everyone with ATT has a mobile share?
erick161 said:
I guess everyone with ATT has a mobile share?
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I think so but the sim swapa should work or any bootleg AT&T company Straight talk/H20/Gophone/Cricket
Anyone know how to tether this device. I have the chinese LTE version and foxfi and the native hotspot broadcast something but i have no internet access. Does anyone know why? how to fix it? I am on the 29.99 unlimited data plan from att since the ipad 1. I had the tab s before and foxfi used to work great. now they both create a network i can connect to, but there is no internet access.
I know this is no consolation, but, tethering works fine with all the treble GSIs that I have tried. This is the reason I've been running phh's AOSP GSI for the last week.
Good luck with the stock ROM1
Tethering worked fine on the stock rom for me (Asia firmware).
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Tethering worked fine on the stock rom for me (Asia firmware).
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Are you using att?
gingi999 said:
Are you using att?
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I'm on Mint (T-Mobile).
thref23 said:
I'm on Mint (T-Mobile).
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what kind of plan do you have?
gingi999 said:
what kind of plan do you have?
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Tethering is allowed.
(I signed up Black Friday and paid $78 for six months of talk/text and 10 GBs per month. Can't beat that - but now my six months is coming up and it's gonna be $30/mo if I pay six months in advance, or $25 if I pay for 12...plus taxes.)
thref23 said:
Tethering is allowed.
(I signed up Black Friday and paid $78 for six months of talk/text and 10 GBs per month. Can't beat that - but now my six months is coming up and it's gonna be $30/mo if I pay six months in advance, or $25 if I pay for 12...plus taxes.)
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Dude can you pm me the link for signing up for that deal. It's nuts. How is the reception?
gingi999 said:
Dude can you pm me the link for signing up for that deal. It's nuts. How is the reception?
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The website is mintmobile.com
The deal I initially got ($75 plus fees for six months) was a Black Friday / holiday promotion. So you can't get that at the moment. There might be other deals available via eBay.
It's on T-Mo's network, coverage and speeds are generally the same as if you were on T-Mobile prepaid.