If I use portable hotspot, am I going to get charged tethering?
No, it's just data use as far as a carrier can see.
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Hi all.
I just got a Nexus One and was wondering if there is a way to disable any data connections EXCEPT Wifi? I do not have a data plan w/AT&T any longer, but use a VZW Mifi modem as a wifi connection and do not want to incur any additional data charges with AT&T.
Thanks
hdbueller said:
Hi all.
I just got a Nexus One and was wondering if there is a way to disable any data connections EXCEPT Wifi? I do not have a data plan w/AT&T any longer, but use a VZW Mifi modem as a wifi connection and do not want to incur any additional data charges with AT&T.
Thanks
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I use APNDroid from the app store. or i beleive you can manually go in and change the APN to somthing else
Surprised I have not seen anything about this (used search tool for the forum and nothing came up).
Anyone try wifi tethering a device using the X Play?
rushless said:
Surprised I have not seen anything about this (used search tool for the forum and nothing came up).
Anyone try wifi tethering a device using the X Play?
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the XP has a built in wifi hotspot function like the HTC Devices
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the XP has a built in wifi hotspot function like the HTC Devices
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yeah, go to
Settings, Sony Ericsson, Connectivity, Tethering & Portable Hotspot.
Sorry, I am not referring to the tethering that requires an extra data fee, but the wifi tethering that uses the current data plan and does not cost extra.
There are apps you can get that use when rooted with wifi tether and not the stock hotspot feature (that costs extra).
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Sorry, I am not referring to the tethering that requires an extra data fee, but the wifi tethering that uses the current data plan and does not cost extra.
There are apps you can get that use when rooted with wifi tether and not the stock hotspot feature (that costs extra).
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i dont understand what you mean the wifi hotspot feature lets you use wifi to share your 3G/HSDPA connection with other devices, if you have a data plan it costs nothing unless you want to reverse tether, thats where you can share your home internet connection with your device using a pc/laptop
Anyone know if while on wifi if i usb tether will it use the wifi or mobile data? Looks like the wifi is being used on my phone. Just want to make sure lol. Basically I want it to be like a regular Wireless adapter of sorts. Just curious
mm I'd assume it would use the WiFi I guess?
Just turn on airplane mode, then toggle WiFi on, then USB tether. That'll answer your question right there.
Or you could just buy a $10 wireless adapter for your computer
I believe when you tether your phone, the phone will start using which ever data connection is has access to. Wifi takes precedence over the mobile data connection if you have a wifi connection.
Or as martonikaj suggested, buy a USB wireless adapter for your computer.
Cool, I asked because I can use it at school where our computer workshop, doesn't have internet access at the moment. Too much hassle to carry one more thing lol.
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I haven't tested the exact situation you are talking about. But the phone always seems to default to WiFi, when a WiFi network is available. For example, the other day, my WiFi network was down (cable internet service was down for a bit), and my phone would not switch over to the cell data network, unless I manually turned off WiFi.
yea i turned off data and tried it and it worked so I imagine it is using wifi, thats pretty cool...like a wifi adapter on command!
killj0y said:
yea i turned off data and tried it and it worked so I imagine it is using wifi, thats pretty cool...like a wifi adapter on command!
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Cool, glad it worked for you.
Sprints new plan includes unlimited everything EXCEPT tethering, that's limited to 3gb, does anyone have a suggestion for an app that limits or at least monitors tether usage so I can avoid the overage fees?
Just go into settings and data usage and it shows tethering how much data it uses. Also to bypass sprint checks for tether in your builprop put this net.tethering.noprovisioning=true
I tether over 500 Gig's a month on my original nexus 6 on Sprint with that build prop edit. I use that phone hooked up to a router for my Internet. Haha. Sprint hates me.
Any Solutions or Buildprop edits I can do?
I don't have internet where i live, (Rural Texas) but I have 30 Mbps speeds on my T-Mobile Plan. I have unlimited 4G data and Unlimited 4G Hot spot. I used PDA-net because speeds through Hot spot/Tethering are complete ****. PDA-net masks my USB tethered through phone usage so I get Full Unthrottled speed.
My issue is this, During heavy usage (Literally any time I am at home) my phone slowly dies and doesn't really charge. I have connected it through USB C to USB C cables, with USB 3.0 to USB C etc. Granted it takes around 18-20 Hours to die from 100% but still I think it shouldn't loose charge at all.
I know that the build prop used to have some line about max available current over USB. is there a way i can fix this situation?
Custom kernels usually have a way to change that if you have root and a custom kernel to flash
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I'm not understanding something, if you have unlimited 4G Hotspot, why would you need to mask your tethering? Shouldn't you be able to tether to your hearts content without throttling?
I don't personally use PDAnet, but I do make use of USB tethering and don't have issues with charging while tethering. I don't have unlimited tethering however, and was unaware there was such an add-on to a plan. I use another method to mask my tethering data and use the native tether options to connect.
Wifi tethering is limited to a 72Mb connection(max theoretical), while USB is around 480Mb or so.
I would try and test native USB tethering first to rule out PDAnet as the drain.