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[Question] tethering for free

does anyone no how to use my tp2 as a wirless card for my laptop without having to purchase the tethering plan

I have heard some people say that WiFiRouter and ICS do not show to Telus as tethered data. You could try them. I, however, have a plan that includes tethering so I can not test. Be sure to keep your amount very low at the start, I would hate for you to have a $1000+ phone bill.

i just run the internet sharing app and away you go, t-mobile have never said anything to me about it and ive been doing it between different handsets for 3 and a half years now

Telus CDMA - Wifi Router is the trick... it does the business quite well.

i um just use the bluetooth PAN for data or just to do it via usb directly.
i am using an ancient data plan from tmobile in US and they don't seem to care that I am tethering.

I saw this the other day but I can't test it (don't have my TP2 yet)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=4170499#post4170499

Seppuko said:
I saw this the other day but I can't test it (don't have my TP2 yet)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=4170499#post4170499
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This works very well- I tried it on my TP2 as soon as it came out. Permanent part of my TP2 bag-o-tricks.

will i be able to share 3g (since no 4g in boston until 4th quarter)

i have been reading about this 30 dollars extra a month to share my 4g connection with laptop, computer and anything that uses wifi...but my questions is, will i have to pay the 30 to share my 3g connetion since boston will not have 4g until 4th quarter 2010??? i currently have a touch pro 2 stock sprint and run xdi wifi sharing on it and anything can pick it up. since the evo is android, will there be a program that i can run out the box to share my wifi? please elaborate as far as the internet sharing abilities of the phone...

mrjeancw said:
i have been reading about this 30 dollars extra a month to share my 4g connection with laptop, computer and anything that uses wifi...but my questions is, will i have to pay the 30 to share my 3g connetion since boston will not have 4g until 4th quarter 2010??? i currently have a touch pro 2 stock sprint and run xdi wifi sharing on it and anything can pick it up. since the evo is android, will there be a program that i can run out the box to share my wifi? please elaborate as far as the internet sharing abilities of the phone...
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PDANet, and once it is rooted you will have more options...free options.
I certainly wouldnt pay the 30 for wifi hotspot... you can get it for less using other software....but its up to you..ya know

Yeah there are a bunch of options once the Evo is rooted, which hopefully will come soon before most people have a chance at it (this is why i think Google gave them out at the developer conference). But the $30 a month is not worth it. wait then root it and have it for free.

i've played with it in google i/o and u can enable tethering even on 3g, now the wifi was so freaking congested there i didn't get the chance to try connecting to it, but chances are good that it works

Dorick said:
i've played with it in google i/o and u can enable tethering even on 3g, now the wifi was so freaking congested there i didn't get the chance to try connecting to it, but chances are good that it works
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wait,
you can enable tethering on 3g off the box? you mean my laptop can connect to the phone via wifi? without the $30 tethering plan?

mrjeancw said:
wait,
you can enable tethering on 3g off the box? you mean my laptop can connect to the phone via wifi? without the $30 tethering plan?
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Still need the $30 plan.

darn it...i guess i will just wait for the phone to be rooted to get a free wifi sharing program. at least the 3g will be unlimited to tether unlike 3g now where they only give you 5gb...(even tho it didnt matter on my touch pro 2 under xda wifi sharing) because it went in as internet usage! lol

I'm more hopeful that once the phone is rooted we will able to use the included wifi hotpsot program without paying the $30.mo. I betcha the hotpost program now sends out something at loin and only ESns with that permission can use it. Every Sprint Windows Mobile and Palm phone I've had in the past could be hacked so that the built in tethering app worked without the need to upgrade my account

isnt the wifi hotspot program the same as allowing other devices to connect to your phone via wifi? is so, when its rooter there will be a program allowing u to do this..unless sprint completely and uterly somehow with alien technology blocked it on teh phone.

isnt the wifi hotspot program the same as allowing other devices to connect to your phone via wifi? is so, when its rooter there will be a program allowing u to do this..unless sprint completely and uterly somehow with alien technology blocked it on teh phone.
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Yes there are other programs but from what I've seen the built in program is truly built into the software including an on/off widget.
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just wait til its rooted, and im sure it will be, then we can use wifi tether program that someone will create for it. oh and just to rub it in, I LIVE IN 4G CITY!!!!!

tethering and router - Tethering Now Possible

please make making a tethering app and wifi router a first priority in for the wp7... developers
MOD EDIT: Tethering instructions at post 11 onwards

The chances of this happening without 3rd party socket support is extremely low if not impossible. Until Microsoft allows sockets tethering will have to come from Microsoft themselves.

i though that that the phone would be capable , but that there would be no support or apps unless the cell service requested

That rumor turned out to be false. At launch WP7 will not tether but I'm sure we will see an update within the next couple of months that will add it. Since updates come from Microsoft directly I don't think carriers can block it.

I wouldn't say that carriers can't block it. If you look at the iPhone, it was blocked in the carrier settings on the phone.

naplesbill said:
I wouldn't say that carriers can't block it. If you look at the iPhone, it was blocked in the carrier settings on the phone.
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Also, the carriers has a way detect you are using the phone as tethering or web-browsing, if your data plan doesn't include tethering, the tethering feature means nothing.

Doing some research to upgrade from my dumb ass x10 (was my in between phone) and found on Optus Australia site that Omnia 7 can be used as a tether, so I'm guessing that they are not blocking it.
But hey who knows till I get this next week bundled with an Xbox Kinect - woot.
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There's a 99% chance that the site is wrong. WP7 does not support tethering of any kind right now.
oneimunky said:
Doing some research to upgrade from my dumb ass x10 (was my in between phone) and found on Optus Australia site that Omnia 7 can be used as a tether, so I'm guessing that they are not blocking it.
But hey who knows till I get this next week bundled with an Xbox Kinect - woot.
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Yes I know wp7 does not support tethering now, but it will.
Optus have decided not to charge for the service like some providers do/will and I like that
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I tether occasionally with my ATT Tilt running WM6.5.
I am about to receive my Focus this week, and I am confident that there will be the ability to tether this phone soon. History is on my side. In the meantime, I will pop my sim card into the Tilt if I need to tether.
The iPhone was a locked OS at first, the jailbreaks came soon, as did tethering.
As far as ATT being able to detect when it tethers, I doubt it.
In the past, the theory was they could detect the user agent string for the web browser as "not a mobile browser" but since the WP7 browser is a full browser, I see it as a simple matter for the tethering app to replace the user agent string on the fly, so the data stream appears to be for the bundled browser and not a desktop browser. Your laptop will browser will give you a normal experience on each page.
ATT has a money clamp on the data usage anyway, so I doubt they really care that much since as you would hit the 5 GB limit of the laptop tethering plan, you would have paid $65 ($25 for 2GB+$10 for 1GB+$10 for 1GB+$10 for 1GB). They have lost nothing.

How to use USB tethering on the Focus

Well I guess Optus weren't wrong - bit of a fiddly work-around - but hey it works.
http://mobilitydigest.com/windows-phone-7-tethers-you-can-do-it-now-heres-how/
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oneimunky said:
Well I guess Optus weren't wrong - bit of a fiddly work-around - but hey it works.
http://mobilitydigest.com/windows-phone-7-tethers-you-can-do-it-now-heres-how/
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Obviously you didn't read my post above yours
I already posted it....

Nevermind, i got it working due to your help. Huge thanks XDA!!!!!!!

Teathering is here!!!!!!!! see link for instructions
cant post a link but it is at PC World dot com
awesome news

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2103...bles_windows_phone_7_tethering.html?tk=hp_new
[FONT=&quot]Dial ##634#[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]In the diagnostics mode that opens up, enter *#7284# in the phone dialer.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Switch to "Modem, Tethered Call" and wait for the phone to restart.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Connect the phone to your PC via USB and wait for the drivers to install.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Go to the settings for the Samsung modem. In Windows 7, this is found in Control Panel > Network and Sharing Center.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Set the number to *99***1#, user name to [email protected], and password to CINGULAR1, and connect.[/FONT]
I didn't try it, but that's what the article says to do.

Thanks for pasting. I don't know why didn't: just do that myself.
It does work.

delete... got it working.

eknutson said:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2103...bles_windows_phone_7_tethering.html?tk=hp_new
[FONT=&quot]Dial ##634#[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]In the diagnostics mode that opens up, enter *#7284# in the phone dialer.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Switch to "Modem, Tethered Call" and wait for the phone to restart.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Connect the phone to your PC via USB and wait for the drivers to install.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Go to the settings for the Samsung modem. In Windows 7, this is found in Control Panel > Network and Sharing Center.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Set the number to *99***1#, user name to [email protected], and password to CINGULAR1, and connect.[/FONT]
I didn't try it, but that's what the article says to do.
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Awesome news, if it works. Can anyone who has tested this confirm that it's working and also if you are still able to use the phone to receive texts/calls/etc? Thanks, and good find!

Can someone who's done this post the usb drivers that get downloaded? I'm running on windows server 2008 R2 and suspect that it's not pulling them down because of this. I switched the phone to tethering mode, but when it connects and tries to add the driver it doesn't pull anything down.

What will be my best option for wifi tethering on the Nexus 4?

I've never owned a Nexus device before. On my current T-Mo GSII I just use the built-in T-Mobile tethering app. What's my best option for the N4? The 'Wifi Tether' app?

hfuizo said:
I've never owned a Nexus device before. On my current T-Mo GSII I just use the built-in T-Mobile tethering app. What's my best option for the N4? The 'Wifi Tether' app?
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All Nexus 4s will have tethering built in, its in the settings.

hfuizo said:
I've never owned a Nexus device before. On my current T-Mo GSII I just use the built-in T-Mobile tethering app. What's my best option for the N4? The 'Wifi Tether' app?
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Its built into Stock Android anyway. You will have no problems!

So no root required to enjoy the built-in tethering?

hfuizo said:
So no root required to enjoy the built-in tethering?
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Nope!
Just enable it in settings and you are good to go!

StuMcBill said:
Nope!
Just enable it in settings and you are good to go!
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And if I use it T-Mobile may or may not harass me about it?

It will be the same as if you tethered on your GS2
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hfuizo said:
And if I use it T-Mobile may or may not harass me about it?
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That depends on T-Mobile, if they actively monitor and block tethering then they might harass you. If tethering is included in your plan then it should just be exactly the same as when you used the T-Mobile tethering app.

StuMcBill said:
That depends on T-Mobile, if they actively monitor and block tethering then they might harass you. If tethering is included in your plan then it should just be exactly the same as when you used the T-Mobile tethering app.
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I tether a little bit when I am on the road (don't wanna pay $10 just to use the airport wifi for an hour). they have never harassed me. If you plan to use it as your primary Internet source at home though....

T-mobile does actively monitor tethering, but rarely they can actually catch you. I noticed if I tether to my iPod touch or iPad, then I can use it no problem, but if it is a PC, then it is a hit or miss - depending on the type of request you do, they'll shut you out within 5-10 minutes, sometimes not at all. All you do it turn of tethering and turn it back on!

It's reported that T-Mobile sniffs User Agent strings and if it detects a laptop/desktop browser (Internet Explorer or Chrome, but apparently not Firefox), it redirects you to their web page asking you to sign up for tethering. Other network use (email, SSH, etc.) is apparently unhindered.

Well I am in the UK, so I don't know if T-Mobile UK monitors it in the same way?
On most of the T-Mobile UK tariffs tethering is included anyway (I think).
Unless you are on a Sim-Only plan like mine, but I have tethered my Nexus 7 many times and have had no problems / charges.

They won't catch you if all you do is tether to another mobile device (tablet or phone). A PC is a different story, as they usually result in a massive spike in your data usage.

t mobile does monitor for tethering...what i do is use the change user extension in chrome and change it to a android nexus 7....before i would get t mobile shutting me down and i would have to reconnect...after, i havent had any issues (this is PC tethering fyi)

yup. tmobile does active sniffing.
i got flagged and the upsell pages got worse and worse! lol
i need to use explorer for my business so i was getting the upsell messages all the time.

I hope WiFi tether for root works.
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predation said:
yup. tmobile does active sniffing.
i got flagged and the upsell pages got worse and worse! lol
i need to use explorer for my business so i was getting the upsell messages all the time.
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i too once had to use IE for work..now i can use Chrome
since you use IE for work, i am assuming they are on IE 8, not 9; if you are on IE 8 and have admin privileges, you can change the user agent for IE also http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/18450/change-the-user-agent-string-in-internet-explorer-8/
try using the iphone user agent or something that isnt PC based...hopefully it will work!

hfuizo said:
And if I use it T-Mobile may or may not harass me about it?
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I currently tether using a rooted Samsung Vibrant on T-Mobile, so that I can get internet when I otherwise can't like on road trips, etc. I just wouldn't abuse it and go overboard. They have never reprimanded me as my usual data usage is pretty low. Be reasonable and don't use it as your primary internet source like downloading giant files.

Check your APN settings and use this thread as a guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1963380

Don't use a PC to access you phone internet.
And don't download big file. I use my tf700 and WiFi tethering from my phone on mobile network. Never have a problem, my friend work on mobile, he say as long as you are not using a PC and download big file, its fine to use tethering without being charged. Internet browsing is ok. That's I like mobile, I am using their 30 5GB prepaid plan, much better than att **** 15bucks 250MB plan. And ATT will come up any mean to charge you more.

HTC1 and Media Link - Tethering Required!

I'm having a WTF moment.
Got my preorder One last Thursday and have been having trouble getting it to connect to the Media Link HD dongle.
First, it seems to connect and pass through image to the TV but I get a message saying something like "be sure the TV is properly configured". Then, I get other messages saying that WiFi Hotspot needs to be enabled and to go to the AT&T website, or dial 611.
After over a half hour with a service rep, I was told that the Media Link requires a WiFi hotspot, which in turn requires that Tethering be provisioned on the account... for another $20 per month for a 5gig plan. Suffice to say I told the supervisor I was eventually passed along to that the practice of incentivizing customers to preorder and stay with the company by offering a free dongle only to be trapped into spending more money every month to use it is a tactic worthy of Tony Soprano.
The part that confuses the hell out of me is that if the Media Link and phone both connect through my WiFi router, why would Tethering/Hotspot to connect to the AT&T data network even be necessary?
So, anyone else have this problem and a workaround?

BillTheCat said:
I'm having a WTF moment.
Got my preorder One last Thursday and have been having trouble getting it to connect to the Media Link HD dongle.
First, it seems to connect and pass through image to the TV but I get a message saying something like "be sure the TV is properly configured". Then, I get other messages saying that WiFi Hotspot needs to be enabled and to go to the AT&T website, or dial 611.
After over a half hour with a service rep, I was told that the Media Link requires a WiFi hotspot, which in turn requires that Tethering be provisioned on the account... for another $20 per month for a 5gig plan. Suffice to say I told the supervisor I was eventually passed along to that the practice of incentivizing customers to preorder and stay with the company by offering a free dongle only to be trapped into spending more money every month to use it is a tactic worthy of Tony Soprano.
The part that confuses the hell out of me is that if the Media Link and phone both connect through my WiFi router, why would Tethering/Hotspot to connect to the AT&T data network even be necessary?
So, anyone else have this problem and a workaround?
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i'm pretty sure there is no need for tethering. look more closely at your configuration and see if there's anything wonky going on there, first

slackercow said:
i'm pretty sure there is no need for tethering. look more closely at your configuration and see if there's anything wonky going on there, first
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Like? Not even sure where to begin. The phone connects to my router just fine, so that's not it. This is a real head-scratcher.

Have you tried changing out of game mode? If its not that they are forcing you to use hotspot to spend more on monthly charges ergo why it was free. Or one more possibility its just a mistake in the software and they will fix it in a future update. I'm glad I don't have att. I hope for the best you don't have to use your own data, just to use the media link
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5odead said:
Have you tried changing out of game mode?
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Whoa. Game mode? What's that?
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Not sure I don't have the phone yet. But that's what some other guy said he did to be able to see something on a TV. He did use a mhl cable though. So I don't know for sure if that will apply to you.
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No, you definitely do not need tethering / hotspot on your account. I use the Media Link HD with my One (AT&T version) without any issues and I don't have tethering on my account.
Make sure the firmware on your MediaLink is up to date and both it and your One are correctly connected to your WiFi hotspot. Also, be aware that any complex security settings on your hotspot could give you trouble.
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The firmware version of my adapter is 5.19.103.1 with no unusual settings on my router, which is an older Liksys - the blue one with the dual antennas.
The dongle recognizes my network name and my One connects for a second until a dialog on the phone reports that hotspot is required and to go to the AT&T website or call 611.
I have never applied "unusual" settings in the router other than naming the network, broadcasting SSID and applying WEP.
Any help is appreciated.
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I have tethering on my plan but I did notice that the flash wouldn't work while it was connected to my MediaLink. It gave an error message saying that flash isn't supported while hotspot is enabled.

would also like to know how to get around this hotspot error.. I've tried different security settings on my wireless router; what I haven't tried is using NO security to see if that helps. will try this now and update post!
edit: even no security on my wireless router doesn't change anything.. hrmm

born_fisherman said:
edit: even no security on my wireless router doesn't change anything.. hrmm
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Yeah, this is getting wierder by the moment.
Likewise I tried disabling security on the router with no results.
I just installed a tethering app which requires root (suggesting to me that it works around any block at&t put on the ROM), started the link and it disabled tethering in favor of WiFi.
Looks like one of us is going to be on the phone with AT&T and/or HTC this week. I already have about 45 minutes invested with an appointment for Wednesday to discuss the tethering issue. Where I'm concerned, how I use my monthly bandwidth allotment is my business and they have no right to dictate limits to what I pay for within the confines of my plan.
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BillTheCat said:
Yeah, this is getting wierder by the moment.
Likewise I tried disabling security on the router with no results.
I just installed a tethering app which requires root (suggesting to me that it works around any block at&t put on the ROM), started the link and it disabled tethering in favor of WiFi.
Looks like one of us is going to be on the phone with AT&T and/or HTC this week. I already have about 45 minutes invested with an appointment for Wednesday to discuss the tethering issue. Where I'm concerned, how I use my monthly bandwidth allotment is my business and they have no right to dictate limits to what I pay for within the confines of my plan.
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Have you tried putting the phone in airplane mode and then just turning on WiFi? I wonder if its just because the Media Link sees the hotspot on the device as an option, even though it isn't enabled or activated.

born_fisherman said:
Have you tried putting the phone in airplane mode and then just turning on WiFi? I wonder if its just because the Media Link sees the hotspot on the device as an option, even though it isn't enabled or activated.
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Have the same issue, and putting the phone in airplane enables me to connect it with my tv but only for about 20 seconds. After that, the phone will
tell me that there's something wrong with usb tethering setup thus kills the connection. So technically, connecting the media link with the phone
triggers tethering on the phone, either usb or mobile data which are somehow blocked by atnt.

With regards to gaming mode, it's a mode on my tv that draws in extra frames to smooth things out, only it had a hard time working mostly lag.
As for the media link I doubt I'll need one, as my tv is a D8000 so runs wireless anyway.
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Any New news on this guys? The Media link i have is a glorified paper weight for now... As far as i am aware this only happens on the At&t one..My Bro will be getting the t-mo One tommorow if it works on his ONE I will just probably give hime the media link.. what a waste *sigh...

treyqutie said:
Any New news on this guys? The Media link i have is a glorified paper weight for now... As far as i am aware this only happens on the At&t one..My Bro will be getting the t-mo One tommorow if it works on his ONE I will just probably give hime the media link.. what a waste *sigh...
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AT&T shot themselves in the foot ( and screwed the rest of us) by trying so desperately to charge us for tethering.

Assuming we are SOL on this unless using a custom rom?
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Assuming we are SOL on this unless using a custom rom?
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Pretty much for the moment. I tried flashing M7's ROM and it worked fine. Seems AT&T has blocked the WAP/Tethering function in either the kernel, radio, or the ROM. So, the solution would seem to be:
1) Find a ROM you can live with and flash it.
2) Find a Kernel (or radio, if that's what it is) that works with the stock AT&T ROM and flash it.
3) Wait for AT&T to get their heads out of their asses to realize that they're screwing their customers who have peripherals like the Media Link which connect via WAP and fix it in an OTA update.
Rumor has it that there's a 1.29 update out there somewhere. Let's see what happens. In the meantime, those of us who are in this boat should call AT&T's technical support and give them an earful for pushing disfunctional equipment on us. There's plenty of advertising hype from both AT&T and HTC about how cool the phone is, but nothing in the advertising literature that says how they crippled the phone.

I'm in the same boat here. There is another thread about this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2242737
If I can't figure out a router configuration that fixes it, I may experiment with "rooting" and then trying to kill the com.htc.tetheringguard app. I'd definately rather have it work through my wireless router like it should, but not if I've got to leave the network open/unsecured!

miked4 said:
I may experiment with "rooting" and then trying to kill the com.htc.tetheringguard app. I'd definately rather have it work through my wireless router like it should, but not if I've got to leave the network open/unsecured!
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I am rooted, froze that app (along with all the other AT&T bloatware) with Titanium and it still doesn't work - no link action, no tethering, either.
Frankly, I'm pissed. I understand why they inhibit tethering, especially for those of us who are on unlimited data plans. There are always guys that will abuse it. But this phone came that way from the factory, which means that even those who are on 2G plans are screwed. In either case, if I'm paying for data, it's up to me to decide how fast I want to use it, the same way as if I were to pay for a tank of gas in my car, it's not up to Exxon to tell me I can't drive on the highway.
I was supposed to have received a call back today from the AT&T supervisor to discuss options, but (surprise!) no call. Looks like I'll be having a word or two with them tomorrow - and I have half a mind to demand a full credit on the purchase price of the phone for the amount of time I've spent jerking around with them about this.