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3g Mobile Hotspot

So I found a patch that lets you use the 3g mobile hotspot for free. I was just wandering if anyone else has tried it, and if so were you ever charged for anything extra on your bill.
I like being able to use my phone with Infrastructure Wifi but dont want to be charged for something I can do for free.
When I say 3g Mobile Hotspot I mean the app that comes with the droid 2 originally and also uses your phone in infrastructure.
Here is the site I found the patch on: http://www.mydroidworld.com/forums/android-hacks/5156-tbh-droid-3g-hotspot-nvram-hack.html

Why not just use the free wifi tether apk provided by google?
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This is in the Droid 2 information directory but I think the link is to droidforums. Anyway thanks for the link I haven't tried it myself though.

komputerfreek said:
Why not just use the free wifi tether apk provided by google?
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Because this allows for actually using Infrastructure mode instead of just Ad Hoc.
And I was just wandering if anyone has used this and not recieved any flak from Verizon? Rather not use this for a month and get an extra 50 dollars added to my bill.

i have verizon since crackberry 8130 was cool with no-pay tethering and i've used my droid eris for tethering and my data was at 1.4gb one month with no vz flack. haven't had usb tethering on my d2. I am curious about getting wifi hotspot enabled.

Renegade8100 said:
i have verizon since crackberry 8130 was cool with no-pay tethering and i've used my droid eris for tethering and my data was at 1.4gb one month with no vz flack. haven't had usb tethering on my d2. I am curious about getting wifi hotspot enabled.
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I downloaded Barnicle Wi-Fi tethering and it works decently. However, after downloading PDAnet, all I do now is USB tether. It much more efficient and stays connected. Barnicle would sometimes flak off and get down to 0kbs but haven't had that problem with PDA.

Wireless tether 3G connection from Galaxy Tab

Is it possible like you would from a Nexus One with 2.2?
I mean tether 3G wirelessly from the Samsung tablet to a laptop for example. This would be like the tablet being a wireless router sharing the tablet 3G connection.
Thanks

Yes it is. All of them can. Or you can also root the tab and install wireless tether apk.
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Just tried today to see how much the battery could go while tethering my milestone, the result (with casual use) is 16 hours
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[Q] Using my android phone as a modem for the Xoom

Hi guys
i am considering the Xoom or the Galaxy tab 10 inches tablet but I am not sure I want to take another data plan when I can use my existing 3G plan on my HTC desire.
Does anybody know whether I can use my Desire's internet connection on the Xoom or other Android tablets in the same way as I use my Desire as a modem for my laptop? I think the Xoom lacks a USB port, but I could probably turn my Desire into a wifi hotspot. can anybody think of reasons why I would not be able to do that?
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do a quick search. or look at the 1st page. It can be wifi tethered just like any other device. People are also running Bluetooth tethers no problem.
As long as you have WiFi tethering properly setup on your Desire, it can be shared to the Xoom just like any other computer.

bluetooth tethering? interesting idea i hadnt thought of before

Lothaen said:
bluetooth tethering? interesting idea i hadnt thought of before
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thanks shame the Xoom doesn't have a usb port or I could have charged the desire while using it as a modem at the same time!!!!

I have tethered my Xoom to my rooted Inc no problems... My Inc is on my company unlimited data plan. So I will use it a lot except when the 4G upgrade happens.

Can you tether your Note data connection ?

If I have other wi-fi devices, can I tether them to my 3G AT&T plan of my Galaxy Note? I am currently paying for the 2 GB monthly plan from AT&T.

Earthbrain said:
If I have other wi-fi devices, can I tether them to my 3G AT&T plan of my Galaxy Note? I am currently paying for the 2 GB monthly plan from AT&T.
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yes
Go to setting - wireless n network - tethering n portable hotspot
check Portable wi-fi hotspot
N U R ready to share

Yes, I did it yesterday.

As the others mentioned - Yes you can with no problems. I'm actually using it on my laptop 90% of the time as the upload speed is quicker than my wifi upload speed. I have a 12mb down and 1.5mb up on wifi and 2.6mb and 2.2mb up on data.

Using AT&T also.
Will this flag for the Infamous "Upgrade service letter" or is it hidden?
On my Iphone 4 it would trigger the letter to be sent when tethering.

Using it to tether to my laptop to do some work anywhere. My kid is using the connection to watch Netflix on my tablet.
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GatesHD said:
Using AT&T also.
Will this flag for the Infamous "Upgrade service letter" or is it hidden?
On my Iphone 4 it would trigger the letter to be sent when tethering.
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If they have their systems in.order they will know if you are tethering regardless of devicw
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Or you can try ye olde Barnacle unrooted. Or indeed the
http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/. This provides one with more options than the built in hotspot...
Although, it does say you 'may need acustom kernel', but given the effort involved in downloading it, it has to be worth having a fiddle..
I use it all the time...htc hd2

Try the Foxfi software, no root needed and able to tether my ASUS Prime...awesome

I'm with AT&T and I was able to tether.
No upgrade service letter so far.
You have to be careful not to exceed your data plan limit though.

I've been tethering for years since my old Samsung blackjack. I use anywhere between 3-4gb a month on average or about 5 with heavy use.
My suggestion for everyone is use it but don't abuse it. I'm on a unlimited plan and have never been throttled.
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Tethering to Router

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.

ATHORNFAM2 said:
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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ATHORNFAM2 said:
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.

hyelton said:
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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ATHORNFAM2 said:
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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ATHORNFAM2 said:
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.

hyelton said:
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.