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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.
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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.
Currently using Mikshift (latest) with BC's 1.8 kernel, although i don't really know if these has anything to do with my problem.
I have 4G on, and i have a fairly consistent "fair" connection. however, whenever i try to do a wired tether, as soon as i select the "tether" option on the list, the 4g connection drops, tries to reconnect and fails, then reconnects again as soon as i get out of tether mode.
tethering does work, but only with a 3G connection
is this a sprint policy, or is there something going on here? I'm paying $10 extra for stupid 4G, i better be able to tether with it.
Tethering with 4G right now, using PdaNet. Do it all the time.
You can't tether 4g with the built in sprint tether, you need to use a third party app. And for some reason the free third party apps don't work in 3g, so you have to bounce back and forth.
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Just use wireless tether
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Thanks for the responses.
I actually just opted to just 3rd party, easytether. Anyone know why 4g cannot be tethered? Is it just sprint being stingy?
i dont need a signature
Why not use wireless tether...you can use 4g lol setup a hotspot for xbox..works
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The computer I needed to tether doesn't have wifi. (It's a desktop pc)
i dont need a signature
Built in wireless tether with evervolv works very well, will update on 4g capability tomorrow afternoon
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Even with wireless tether I get a slow connection with 4 g I think they cap it
Wireless tether seems to work fine in both 3g and 4g modes for me, no problems here I haven't seen any type of cap.
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Even with wireless tether I get a slow connection with 4 g I think they cap it
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working on a mod to uncap data usage even though sprint claims to not cap data
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Wireless tether seems to work fine in both 3g and 4g modes for me, no problems here I haven't seen any type of cap.
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thats what i was tryin to say lol and good to hear
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I'm paying $10 extra for stupid 4G, i better be able to tether with it.
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Actually the $10 for Premium Data is what everyone now pays who either activated a new smartphone, placed one on their MIN or upgraded to one on of after 01/30/11. You were fed a nice pile of steaming BS thinking the extra $10 was for 4G. Think about all those customers who don't live within the Clear WiMAX footprint nor travel to one. They too forked out $10/month. I'd suggest getting Easy Tether Pro from the market and use that instead of the default app on the HTC EVO Shift 4G.
Sprint does not cap data usage on 4G devices. It is really unlimited...for now.
Not through the actuall device I get good speeds through the phone but when I use the wireless tethering to my laptop it doesn't even let me download anything past 200 KBs that's pretty slow considering when I use the phone it downloads way way faster than that.
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Sprint does not cap data usage on 4G devices. It is really unlimited...for now.
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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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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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Verizon had all tethering apps removed from the market. Read on engadget
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Good thing it's built in to CM7!
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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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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.
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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.
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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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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.
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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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!
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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 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.
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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. ^^
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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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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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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.
Hello Everyone,
I was recently got the Idea of buying a 4G LTE router from Verizon to share my data because I have unlimited on our federal government plan. We want to test out this out right now until we can later buy cradlepoint devices. I was wondering if I could tether my phone to my new wireless router the ASUS RT-N66R which does support 3G/4G. The router is on the latest firmware currently. I spent hours trying to get it to connect until 2 things worked for me. If I put the router into Repeater mode I can get a signal off my phone using wifi tether. That's a Motorola Droid 4 Rooted on 4.1.2 which I would like to use to tether full time to the router. For some reason I can't tether USB to the router but wifi to router works Now when I used my company phone we pay for hotspot and tethering well I turned tethering on it did not work. The Tethering from phone to the router worked when I put in *99***9# I don't understand why but it worked and it was fast. I also was using a galaxy S4. So I was wondering if anyone had a solution to me using my personal phone to share data but I need to get the USB tethering to work I don't know if anyone knows a bypass to use the official usb tether. All help is appreciated.
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Hello Everyone,
I was recently got the Idea of buying a 4G LTE router from Verizon to share my data because I have unlimited on our federal government plan. We want to test out this out right now until we can later buy cradlepoint devices. I was wondering if I could tether my phone to my new wireless router the ASUS RT-N66R which does support 3G/4G. The router is on the latest firmware currently. I spent hours trying to get it to connect until 2 things worked for me. If I put the router into Repeater mode I can get a signal off my phone using wifi tether. That's a Motorola Droid 4 Rooted on 4.1.2 which I would like to use to tether full time to the router. For some reason I can't tether USB to the router but wifi to router works Now when I used my company phone we pay for hotspot and tethering well I turned tethering on it did not work. The Tethering from phone to the router worked when I put in *99***9# I don't understand why but it worked and it was fast. I also was using a galaxy S4. So I was wondering if anyone had a solution to me using my personal phone to share data but I need to get the USB tethering to work I don't know if anyone knows a bypass to use the official usb tether. All help is appreciated.
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not sure If I fully understand, but with the 4G LTE router, You can use it with a regular line that has unlimated data...
hyelton said:
not sure If I fully understand, but with the 4G LTE router, You can use it with a regular line that has unlimated data...
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I wanted to buy it at Verizon but they said it has to be on a new share data plan or I have to turn my unlimited data into a 12gb plan which isn't happening. They said I can't switch devices either.
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I wanted to buy it at Verizon but they said it has to be on a new share data plan or I have to turn my unlimited data into a 12gb plan which isn't happening. They said I can't switch devices either.
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That is true. Using it your current method is the way to go.
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That is true. Using it your current method is the way to go.
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Yeah. Well I bought a Asus 66u router so it supports 4g but do you know how to USB tether it without using the official USB tether
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I wanted to buy it at Verizon but they said it has to be on a new share data plan or I have to turn my unlimited data into a 12gb plan which isn't happening. They said I can't switch devices either.
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Yeah. Well I bought a Asus 66u router so it supports 4g but do you know how to USB tether it without using the official USB tether
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Sadly I dont think there is a way. I`m not sure if there is even a way to do it even if you could offically use usb tether. Why not just use it as an access point? thats pretty much what your doing anyway.
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Sadly I dont think there is a way. I`m not sure if there is even a way to do it even if you could offically use usb tether. Why not just use it as an access point? thats pretty much what your doing anyway.
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I already tested it out did you read my original post? Through my company phone I can use the official USB Tether option to stream 4G through the USB port at full speeds. With my other phone that has unlimited data I use WiFi tether then setup the Router as a repeater or access point to receive the 4G that way. I mean as long as i get 4G I am fine i just wanted the full speeds and all options of the router. if i put the router in access point mode the option are very limited in features.
I was testing on a nexus4 WiFi/Bluetooth/USB tether and the max speed the Bluetooth could connect was like 10kb/s, USB tether was 10.0MB/s and WiFi tether was like 68 or 70MB/s and for some reason the WiFi tether connection varied in the max throughput for some reason... I am not talking about the 4g max speed, but rather the max connection the phone can send out of BT, USB, & WIFI. you might be handcuffing/bottlenecking your connection through USB.