Free Hotspot? - EVO 4G General

What happened to the hotspot free for a month that was discussed all over the internet prior to launch?

Im not sure what happened with that but if you don't mind rooting the phone the wireless tether.apk works for the Evo

I used Toast's root and it doesn't work with it...

there is an update
but it would be nice if sprints was hacked since it acts like a true router so my zune can see it but wifi tether is ad hoc

I ran the unrevoked root over the Toast root and now the wireless tethering works great! Using it to send this from my laptop!

I have the hotspot for free right now. is that cause I did the update? Ive pinky tried connecting it took one device so far. It works pretty damn well if I don't say so myself. So theyre offering it free for a month?

i think the free hotspot for a month thing only works if you are in a 4g market.....

My Sprint Hotspot is working and has been since launch day, and I didn't get the tethering.
I'ma lucky one I guess

I think it is free until July

Tethering
I talked to a Sprint rep today, some people got signed up for the $29 hotpot plan automatically, those who are using the hotspot app might want to check their sprint phone bill to validate.

chazglenn3 said:
I ran the unrevoked root over the Toast root and now the wireless tethering works great! Using it to send this from my laptop!
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i have the unrevoked and wifi tether for rooted evo is still not working. my ipod touch still does not see it. im so flustered with this. can someone help me to get wifi tether working?

Your ipod will not see it till they get infrastructure mode baked in any moment now they say
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I'm pretty sure the "free month" was just a bug and that it was going to be a month until they fixed it. Also I'm pretty sure it was just 4G tethering, not 3G.
http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/evo-4g-on-sale-at-8am-on-june-4th-with-one-month-free-4g-mobile/
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Interesting note... The words from Sprint at the bottom don't seen to condemn other tethering options. They just say that the $29/mo option comes with more reliability and the ability to tether up to 8 devices. Which is a valid point.
I wonder who the intended audience was. Probably more for sales people to sell the tethering option to folks than admitting that other options exist.

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2.2 USB Tethering

I updated to 2.2 yesterday. The only issue I am having is that when I try to tether through USB, it gives me an Error code 67 PCS Vision username/password error.
Has anyone else had this issue. For some reason I was thinking that they were going to let us tether through Froyo, but it not, I guess I will go back to easytether.
I had gotten that a couple of times ... What I ended up doing was using a different USB port which caused a configuraiton of the port and then USB-tether worked fine ...
Good sugestion. I gave that a try, and even tried it on another PC all together, but still does the same thing.
Also, now when I go to System Updates, and Update profile, I get the error as well.
That is the response you get when you aren't paying Sprint the $30 monthly hotspot fee. You can't USB tether unless you pay the fee either. Unless you buy Easy Tether or PDANet from the market, or root the phone and use Wi-Fi tether or one of the Froyo ROMs without Sense.
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That is the response you get when you aren't paying Sprint the $30 monthly hotspot fee. You can't USB tether unless you pay the fee either. Unless you buy Easy Tether or PDANet from the market, or root the phone and use Wi-Fi tether or one of the Froyo ROMs without Sense.
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Okay, thats what I was thinking, I don't know why I was thinking the usb tethering would be free with 2.2
Thanks for the response. Back to easy tether
Sure it ain't free?
PS. I've been checking htc sw update and still don't see 2.2. wtf
I am not doing the update.zip thing.
Plancy said:
Sure it ain't free?
PS. I've been checking htc sw update and still don't see 2.2. wtf
I am not doing the update.zip thing.
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It's free with the vanilla version of FroYo 2.2 but HTC/Sprint removed tethering unless you pay the $30. This is why I use Cyanogen Mod 6.0 on my Evo.
chazglenn3 said:
It's free with the vanilla version of FroYo 2.2 but HTC/Sprint removed tethering unless you pay the $30. This is why I use Cyanogen Mod 6.0 on my Evo.
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Well, EasyTether works well, is it confirmed to be working for 2.2?
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Well, EasyTether works well, is it confirmed to be working for 2.2?
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Ya, EasyTether is still working perfectly for me on 2.2. When tethered with 4g, my laptop still pulls 5mb down. It also seems to have a better latency than 1.47 did.
Kornsaq said:
I updated to 2.2 yesterday. The only issue I am having is that when I try to tether through USB, it gives me an Error code 67 PCS Vision username/password error.
Has anyone else had this issue. For some reason I was thinking that they were going to let us tether through Froyo, but it not, I guess I will go back to easytether.
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i am not sure it the 2.2 that is doing it. you may need to call sprint and have a tech reset some of the network stuff. and then you should be good to go. i got the 67 error on my touch pro 2 and that was the issue it was something not set up right on the phone and the network causing the problem.
I was under the impression the error happens when you try to USB tether over 3G instead of 4G.
AzN1337c0d3r said:
I was under the impression the error happens when you try to USB tether over 3G instead of 4G.
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.......... +1
can't say for sure on that with 2.2, but in 2.1 you could USB tether for free using 4g, but not 3g. Trying to 3g tether without paying the $30 extra each month would result in the "error 67, unknown username/password" error.
They may have removed the ability completely with the 2.2 update...talk about bait and switch.
Easy Tether works fine and it is free.
Not bait-and-switch ... but still unreasonable
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They may have removed the ability completely with the 2.2 update...talk about bait and switch.
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It's not a matter of "removing" an ability. It's that Sprint/HTC fixed a bug that accidentally allowed customers (that were not paying the $30/mo for the HotSpot feature) to still be able to connect when using the 4G mode of the radio modem (it did correctly block access when in 3G mode).
Your contract with Sprint excludes HotSpot functionality unless you pay the $30/mo for the "option". Because you were able to exploit a bug for several months before it got fixed in the 2.2 release isn't a reason to complain when they fix it. (Well, it's ok to complain -- just don't expect to get much sympathy! Those of us living in non-4G regions never got to enjoy the free service you got.)
While I disagree with Sprint's excessive charge for the HotSpot service, and I deplore their disabling a useful and already-built-in (to the base Android system) feature, it's not quite fair to accuse them of bait-and-switch in this case.
I can understand Sprint's desire to not have users routinely using the HotSpot service as a full-time replacement for their landline/cable broadband, particularly without paying for it, it's not like the EVO can't suck enormous amounts of data anyway -- after all, they did bundle Sprint TV and they specifically disabled its use over WiFi -- you have to run it over their cellular network. A bizarre decision if you're trying to cut down on data traffic.

[CLOSED/G2] T-Mobile won't support tethering at launch

So I was checking around to see if T-mobile will support tethering and I found this blog that was written today. No T-Mobile Tethering Support.
Here's what it says if you don't want to click the link:
"As many of you know, stock Android 2.2 supports tethering out of the box. However, the folks over at TmoNews have discovered that while this is the case, the T-Mobile G2 will not support tethering at launch. See T-Mobile's official comment regarding this below:
“T-Mobile does not currently support handset tethering or offer a tethering rate plan. Though tethering and Wi-Fi sharing will not be initially supported on the T-Mobile G2, we know that consumers are interested in these features and we are working to develop a solution to support them in the future.”
While this is disappointing, the good news is that T-Mobile appears to be working on a solution as they know people are very interested in this. Let's hope we all get to tether officially soon.
So folks, do you think this will happen? Do you think G2 owners will ever get the option?"
Root + WiFi Tether will fix that ASAP.
T-Mobile does not support tethering anymore
T-Mobile does not support tethering any phone it is against the terms and conditions of your contract.
That said T-Mobile also does not do take any steps to block tethering, they do not block apps like pda.net or easy tether. Smartphone data speeds will get throttled once you reach 10 Gigs of data usage.
-RotorDemon- said:
Root + WiFi Tether will fix that ASAP.
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Or just root.
atlp99 said:
T-Mobile does not support tethering any phone it is against the terms and conditions of your contract.
That said T-Mobile also does not do take any steps to block tethering, they do not block apps like pda.net or easy tether. Smartphone data speeds will get throttled once you reach 10 Gigs of data usage.
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Then T-Mobile should deploy SWAT team to kill whoever do tethering.
i have seen the settings.apk from the G2 and it had tethering option so it may work but they won't actually provide helpdesk support for it
It probably has the USB tether left in tact, Like most phones do now. The wifi tethering they remove.
Just an FYI: the reason why tmobile doesn't BLOCK tethering is because they *CAN'T*. There is NO WAY FOR THEM TO KNOW that you are tethering or that you have a tethering application installed on your phone.
carrier way of blocking tethering is to block/remove from market
CyanogenMod.
Cyanogen's already got a G2 build ready to go, if I understood one of his recent tweets... we just need actual phones and a root method.
I can't wait lol
i must have missed that tweet, that sounds awesome, we just need to get root on it and we're good to go, ENG build and stock build(root and un-root) just need to get device in hand and try a few things to get root
Has anyone tried to do usb tethering?
By apps or configuring the pc?
Similiar to this thread in the samsung vibrant section:
HOWTO: Tethering in windows 7 (no app needed!)
*I cant post link need mod approval
well my G2 demo does not seem to have the option, although the settings apk from the shipped rom thread had it when i put it on my slide, so no native tether on G2 which is upsetting as hell
PDA NET WIRED tether works on my T-mobile G2 on windows 7 64
does this interest anyone?
Yes thats good that pda app works, thx.
If thats the only way to tether then I have to buy the app.
smthkat789 said:
Yes thats good that pda app works, thx.
If thats the only way to tether then I have to buy the app.
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I'm using the free one just fine.
Tether and Hot Spots will be cooked into a rom and soon as we get some devs in here. No worries.
atlp99 said:
T-Mobile does not support tethering any phone it is against the terms and conditions of your contract.
That said T-Mobile also does not do take any steps to block tethering, they do not block apps like pda.net or easy tether. Smartphone data speeds will get throttled once you reach 10 Gigs of data usage.
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T-mobile may not "officially" support tethering but their tech support was very helpful
when I was having issues tethering my TM506 to my netbook back in 08
I went over 10GB last month and never even had my speed throttled. I moved and used my N1 as a wireless hotspot for about 2 weeks before I got my cable hooked up. I regularly go over 5GB without tethering at all.
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WiFi Tether availability

Hey - didja know?
Google has removed the way cool green icon WiFi Tether
from Market..
That application makes my Incredible a little powerhouse.
Since I'm always messing around with new roms, I usually
go to Market to get my new dose of Tether. But lately, it
hasn't been there. No mention of it anywhere.
Did a search and discovered that Google has removed the
application from Market. No longer available, period.
So, if you like it and use it, download the APK and use
a Market installer program to get it on your Incredible.
Save that APK in case it somehow goes away forever!
Get it at: http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/downloads/list
Interesting. I just loaded the market and when I look at my apps, WT is not showing up even though I have it installed.
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ucluglee said:
Interesting. I just loaded the market and when I look at my apps, WT is not showing up even though I have it installed.
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Its not showing up cause its pulled off of the market. If its not in the market, its not going to show up on your "My Apps" list in the market.
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Blah12543 said:
Its not showing up cause its pulled off of the market. If its not in the market, its not going to show up on your "My Apps" list in the market.
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Interesting. Easy Tether and Wireless Tether pulled on the same day.
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Verizon had all tethering apps removed from the market. Read on engadget
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tcberg2010 said:
Verizon had all tethering apps removed from the market. Read on engadget
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Good thing it's built in to CM7!
toosurreal01 said:
Good thing it's built in to CM7!
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I've got a backup of it in Titanium
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I rarely tether, but when I do, I've still been using the built in app and go in and make sure I edit the settings (doing the hack). I've still never been billed for it or had any problems. Then again, I'm not rooted.
Its kinda disappointing to me that Google gave in to Verizon and pulled those apps. Not that you can't just download the apk from somewhere else, but its the principle..
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bbeelzebub said:
I rarely tether, but when I do, I've still been using the built in app and go in and make sure I edit the settings (doing the hack). I've still never been billed for it or had any problems. Then again, I'm not rooted.
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I've done the "hack" on the stock ROM before I was even rooted. Works perfectly. Free tethering, without even having to root.
BrettApple said:
I've done the "hack" on the stock ROM before I was even rooted. Works perfectly. Free tethering, without even having to root.
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Same here. I am not rooted (yet) but I have never been billed for wireless tether. I also have easy tether pro backed up so I am good to go.
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remember if you want the bluetooth tether option, you need wireless-tether, not wifi-tether. Dev has said previously he is separating the functionality between two apps.
Verizon sucks even though I get my bill from them. I have alltel esns er phones I wifi tether 24 7 to 5 computers using wifi hack on an Eris. it's nice to have high speed internet in the woods where internet is not offered. funny thing is wifi tethering is way faster (2mb)than internet on the phone itself(80kb) I have true unlimited internet with alltel esn phones for a measly 9.95 extra per month known as connect3 pack. if you have alltel plan with verizon never never never upgrade or you will lose it forever. there are other ways around it.
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highhacker said:
Verizon sucks even though I get my bill from them. I have alltel esns er phones I wifi tether 24 7 to 5 computers using wifi hack on an Eris. it's nice to have high speed internet in the woods where internet is not offered. funny thing is wifi tethering is way faster (2mb)than internet on the phone itself(80kb) I have true unlimited internet with alltel esn phones for a measly 9.95 extra per month known as connect3 pack. if you have alltel plan with verizon never never never upgrade or you will lose it forever. there are other ways around it.
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I'm an Alltel customer that was picked up by Verizon and I did an upgrade to get my Incredible back in May 2010 and I was expecting to be converted to a Verizon plan but I still have my Alltel all in one bundled plan and I'm not billed the data package from Verizon since my Alltel plan is an unlimited Data/Email/Text plan with 500 anytime minutes, 10 friends and family numbers, and nights and weekends starting at 7pm. I figured it was a fluke that I kept that plan when I upgraded to the Incredible. How do you get around them changing your plan as you get a new phone? Would I need to purchase all my phones full price going foward? I'm guessing with my Alltel plan I'm saving at least $35 or more a month. I have a corporate discount as well but since my Alltel plan is a all in one plan at one prices I get the discount on my full bill but if I switched to a Verizon plan I would only get that discount on the monthly basic plan price and the data plan and anything extra would not qualify for the discount. I would love to keep this Alltel price as long as I can so when it comes time for me to get another phone next year I'm not sure if I should do the upgrade or not chance it and just my next phone out right.
As far as tethering goes, I have both the WiFi tething app as I'm rooted and I have done the "hack" so I can use 3g mobile hotspot. I have tested them both and I get consistantly faster speeds on WiFi tether then I do with 3g Mobile hotspot but they both work great.
Most Roms come with it installed. SR4 does
Just wanted to point somethings out,
Google has not pulled any tether app from the market. Yes, it is true that you can not find Wireless Tether, PDAnet, or any tethering app if you search for them while on the Verizon Wireless Network. They are just blocked if you are their network. If you jump on a wifi network, and do them same search the apps come back up and are not blocked. This is the case for not just Verizon users but AT&T users.
Just wanted to get things straight
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Just wanted to point somethings out,
Google has not pulled any tether app from the market. Yes, it is true that you can not find Wireless Tether, PDAnet, or any tethering app if you search for them while on the Verizon Wireless Network. They are just blocked if you are their network. If you jump on a wifi network, and do them same search the apps come back up and are not blocked. This is the case for not just Verizon users but AT&T users.
Just wanted to get things straight
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Just checked, I'm on wifi and I couldn't find wireless tether (the popular one with the green icon) on the market.
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if you go to the Market website on a pc, its there...
https://market.android.com/details?id=android.tether&feature=search_result
Don't forget the Google Code Page with Official and Beta releases
http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/
Just go to the devs page and download it from there. Other option is to titanium backup the apk and your good to go.

Tethering with Barnical

So will att catch on? I only will use it for Playing world of warcraft for a few hours eevery 3 or 4 days and basic web browsing. A few hours of game play is ONLY about 50mb if even that. But will they catch on? I have the 30 dollar unlimated plan
I got a letter from att a month ago about tethering on my infuse. I'm not sure how they found out since I was running a cooked rom I wouldn't chance it cause they will switch your account to the 4 gig tethering plan
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N!ghtgold said:
I got a letter from att a month ago about tethering on my infuse. I'm not sure how they found out since I was running a cooked rom I wouldn't chance it cause they will switch your account to the 4 gig tethering plan
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Will they warn me first?? or will they just switch it?
Im sorry i didn't mean to post in this section i ha to many tabs and didn't see it
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hyelton said:
Will they warn me first?? or will they just switch it?
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They need to let you know they are changing your plan before they do so. I have been tethering with my phone for years now and ATT has never said anything to and I think it has to do with the amount of traffic. If they see a huge spike of activity and then they look at where that traffic is coming from and they see that you are connecting to battle net then they will know something is up(i know the traffic is not coming from battle net). What I am trying to say is do it within reason, as my guess is the people that they are catching are using well over 2GB a month.
I hope a mod moves this soon... But I heard of at least one person getting nailed with usage <1GB.
i used to tether my blackberry to my ipod touch forever and att has never said anything, i used to use it on my netbook when i went to school too. this was bluetoothtethering. but im think it has more to do with what a user is doing/amount of traffic they are using etc. as for the <gb guy, that may have been a random check or something else. but tethering to play online gaming you will surely get naildd... so use at your own risk knowing the consequences if they/when they find out
I've been tethering for years. I regularly go over 5gb's and at&t has never said anything. I am grandfathered in on the unlimited tho, and I normally only use it for tethering my tablet which is Android so it probably looks as tho it's just coming from my phone. Oh and occasional tethering to my Xbox when my DSL drops out. Lol.
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I believe it has to do with the internet stack in the phone. Seen an article a while back on this. If you use a cooked rom they will know if it is based on the stock kernal and rom. If you use something like cyanogenmod they shouldn't ever find out. I think I seen this explanation with verizon tethering and how to get around it.
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I believe it has to do with the internet stack in the phone. Seen an article a while back on this. If you use a cooked rom they will know if it is based on the stock kernal and rom. If you use something like cyanogenmod they shouldn't ever find out. I think I seen this explanation with verizon tethering and how to get around it.
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but that wouldnt explain how i could tether with my blackberry to computers and ipods with no ATT wrath, and i know these are android phones but tethering is tethering..right?
How AT&T can find out?
About four months ago I received a txt from AT&T thanking me for enjoying my trial period of tethering for my iPhone and that a tethering package would automatically be on my next bill. The forum I was on (don't remember where) simply stated that all I had to do was go into an AT&T store and demand that I NOT be placed on the tethering plan. I did that and after a quick phone call from the store to a CSR they pulled it off but with a warning. They said that if tethering activity was monitored again that they would add it back and I couldn't remove it (yeah right).
I was using the MyWi app from Cydia that works perfectly. I used it for nearly two years with no issue. However, the PDANet Cydia app has a "Hide Tethering" option in the program that always made me curious. What is it hiding? MyWi doesn't have that option.
I also used a Windows Mobile phone prior to that with ICS installed and regularly tethered to that as well. I think that ROM was a NotaTreoFan ROM most of the time and then Energy.
I would love the option of adding tethering to my SGS2 but I refuse to pay for a tethering plan. I'm still grandfathered into unlimited data.
Thoughts?
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So will att catch on? I only will use it for Playing world of warcraft for a few hours eevery 3 or 4 days and basic web browsing. A few hours of game play is ONLY about 50mb if even that. But will they catch on? I have the 30 dollar unlimated plan
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They shouldn't notice anything. I have used barnacle tether on T-Mobile and sprint. So both sim and cdma for a while now. And so far nothing. I'm pretty sure barnacle tether just uses your mobile network and shows up as nothing more than data usage. Bc when using the built in carrier tethering they see the app in use and send that data back. I check my tether stats and network stats and it just shows up as network use. I think you will be fine
Nexus S 4G using miui.us with matr1x kernal 9.0 and batttweak RC1

Wifi tethering and T Mobile txt message about upsell to mobile hotspot plan.

I'm currently using the stock rom with root GS 2 w/2.3.6 . The only thing I did is remove most of the bloat ware and uninstall the wifi tethering manager app that blocks the use of it without a hot spot data plan. I was using my wifi hotspot and all the suddenly got a txt message about upsell to hot spot plan if not my tethering will be block. As anybody experience this. I came from a Vibrant and never got this txt message. Only once did I go over the 5gb data cap with a G2 a while back. I'm under the old unlimited data plan ( 5gb soft cap). With the Vibrant I was using a Team Whiskey rom not the stock rom. Do you think it could be the stock rom or just tmobile being more smart about detecting this now.
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I'm currently using the stock rom with root GS 2 w/2.3.6 . The only thing I did is remove most of the bloat ware and uninstall the wifi tethering manager app that blocks the use of it without a hot spot data plan. I was using my wifi hotspot and all the suddenly got a txt message about upsell to hot spot plan if not my tethering will be block. As anybody experience this. I came from a Vibrant and never got this txt message. Only once did I go over the 5gb data cap with a G2 a while back. I'm under the old unlimited data plan ( 5gb soft cap). With the Vibrant I was using a Team Whiskey rom not the stock rom. Do you think it could be the stock rom or just tmobile being more smart about detecting this now.
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I've never had this problem, I also have the 5gb plan. When I have used the tether and hotspot its been on a custom rom. I don't think the rom matters though.
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Been using a custom ROM from day one incl. freezing/uninstalling the bloatware [presumably] associated w/tethering and used to get the same msgs. but didn't see them for a couple weeks. Just this morning got a new upsell msg., so they may have figured out a way around.
I'm only tethering to check work e-mail and that's through VPN, so that may have something to do with it.
I tether everyday,never had this txt message.with stock rooted or custom
From a glaxay better than yours.
I got this message once or twice on my vibrant. I was using my tether a lot and for heavy tasks though.
dont use internet explorer, use firefox. i found out they can detected if you use Internet explorer
Thanks seems to be IE and T Mobile doing a better job at catching it.
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G1_enthusiast said:
dont use internet explorer, use firefox. i found out they can detected if you use Internet explorer
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Or not...
I only use Firefox, and had only used Outlook (via Cisco Anyconnect VPN) when I got today's msg.
Does anyone have issues wifi tethering? im on jug 4.1 ..and i cannot get the internet to work on my computer with wifi tether (in the wifi tethering menu)... I can connect to my hotspot with open and wpa2 authentication...but says no internet connection on my pc...even after a reboot. usb tether works great...but i want wifi working. Anyone?
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I hope Tmo doesn't find a day to block it. I have no ethical qualms tethering without a plan. Tmo has no business telling me through what medium and velocity I go through my 5gb every month.
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I agree with that last sentence wholeheartedly!
TJBunch1228 said:
I hope Tmo doesn't find a day to block it. I have no ethical qualms tethering without a plan. Tmo has no business telling me through what medium and velocity I go through my 5gb every month.
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I use stock rom and I tether my phone to my galay tab and I never received any text msg from Tmobile. My phone is rooted and I have deleted tether management app. Also I use Open Garden Wifi tether app from market. From what I understand, it enables the build in tether but without sending a msg to Tmobile.
All you smart people, please correct me if I am wrong.
I have been using Open Garden WIFI Tether for almost a week without any problems. I just leave it open while driving. My son access it with his IPod Touch and my daughter with rooted NOOK Tablet. So far so good.
Tmo rep here. The tethering plan has always been $15 but Tmo has never really enforced it. They have recently started preventing tethering from working on devices but it is still pretty hit or miss. On my coworker's stock Amaze she is getting blocked even on the employee data plan but on my GS2 I have never been restricted but I've always been rooted.
Starting on the 25th of this month, they will be adding free tethering to 5GB data plans so if you do a a 5 gig plan, just have Tmo update the data feature and you should have no problem tethering. If you are just on a 2GB plan, you should be fine if you are rooted.
djpingpong said:
Tmo rep here. The tethering plan has always been $15 but Tmo has never really enforced it. They have recently started preventing tethering from working on devices but it is still pretty hit or miss. On my coworker's stock Amaze she is getting blocked even on the employee data plan but on my GS2 I have never been restricted but I've always been rooted.
Starting on the 25th of this month, they will be adding free tethering to 5GB data plans so if you do a a 5 gig plan, just have Tmo update the data feature and you should have no problem tethering. If you are just on a 2GB plan, you should be fine if you are rooted.
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God damn, you guys are lucky.
We all know AT&T has some epic systems setup to prevent tethering, at least for the iPhones.
Thank god I haven't been caught yet. ^^
SwervFusion said:
Does anyone have issues wifi tethering? im on jug 4.1 ..and i cannot get the internet to work on my computer with wifi tether (in the wifi tethering menu)... I can connect to my hotspot with open and wpa2 authentication...but says no internet connection on my pc...even after a reboot. usb tether works great...but i want wifi working. Anyone?
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im using juggernaut...for me it says no internet access but if i wait a min or 2 it connects...so just try waiting a little while after it says no internet access before you use it
Just got this but it's on the laptop browser side:/ what files should I search for to delete?
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djpingpong said:
Tmo rep here. The tethering plan has always been $15 but Tmo has never really enforced it. They have recently started preventing tethering from working on devices but it is still pretty hit or miss. On my coworker's stock Amaze she is getting blocked even on the employee data plan but on my GS2 I have never been restricted but I've always been rooted.
Starting on the 25th of this month, they will be adding free tethering to 5GB data plans so if you do a a 5 gig plan, just have Tmo update the data feature and you should have no problem tethering. If you are just on a 2GB plan, you should be fine if you are rooted.
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So what about the people that are on the grandfathered $20 android plan
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rodolfo7171 said:
So what about the people that are on the grandfathered $20 android plan
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Just called in (had to call in and ask for cancellations to even speak to anyone) the idiot I spoke to never heard of this promotion. Never had a tethering problem until yesterday when I tried it after reading this thread. I never had a problem with my N1 or Sensation. I really hate having to talk to people at Tmo. 90% of the time they are so stupid I'm ready to cancel my contract. I guess I will root and axe the wifi mgmt app and see if it works. If I have to call those idiots again I may be moving to Sprint.
From the wording of the TMO News document picture
http://www.tmonews.com/2012/01/t-mobile-launching-new-hush-hush-promotional-plans-on-january-25th/
it looks like you have to be upgrading to 5gb or 10gb to get this. The person I spoke to today said they always charge for tethering. Just like the dozen people I spoke with 6 months ago told me they always charge for wifi calling and there was no $20 5gb preferred plan. Not sure if dealing with these people is worth the money saved. smh
i juts called to ask about a thing on my bill and they offered me the upgrade to the 5gb for an extra 10 dollars per month, i dont really tether and im always either at my home wifi or my work's wifi, but im reeeally starting to think about sprint here, the problem is i travel overseas and i need a gsm phone.
if not ill switch to simple mobile, a friend has it and he has had no problems so far with it with international calling and 4g for 60 bucks i can be happy with that price, i would have to ask about the quality of the service though and get the unlock code for my phone first.

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