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Tethering Droid Eris

I currently have an unlocked Touch Diamond on AT&T that I tether to my laptop and use very often for an internet connection since I live in an area where I cannot get anything other than dial-up over a line. I've seen that the international Hero has software from HTC for tethering in Windows, but I'm thinking that this is probably not the case with the branded phones here in the US, which is unfortunate since I'm no longer under contract and Verizon has better coverage in my hometown and surrounding area. Do people know of any tethering possibilities with the Eris?

kennon said:
I currently have an unlocked Touch Diamond on AT&T that I tether to my laptop and use very often for an internet connection since I live in an area where I cannot get anything other than dial-up over a line. I've seen that the international Hero has software from HTC for tethering in Windows, but I'm thinking that this is probably not the case with the branded phones here in the US, which is unfortunate since I'm no longer under contract and Verizon has better coverage in my hometown and surrounding area. Do people know of any tethering possibilities with the Eris?
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Download PDANet from the Market, install the desktop client and you're golden! Here's my last speedtest from DSL Reports using my Eris on VZW in Yuba City, CA.
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Wow, it's not that I don't believe you, but this does almost seem to good and simple to be true. Are there a couple others with experience with this program that might be able to advise of potential pitfalls, or is this really as perfect for what I need as it looks?

kennon said:
Wow, it's not that I don't believe you, but this does almost seem to good and simple to be true. Are there a couple others with experience with this program that might be able to advise of potential pitfalls, or is this really as perfect for what I need as it looks?
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Yes, I found PDAnet after hours of searching for a tethering solution and tried it. Works like a champ. I have had no issues to date using it. It also let me put my iPhone loving friend in his place.

Possible psp phone on sprint? Picture attached

I was in my sprint store, and noticed this on the wall, anyone know what it is?
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It's a FAKE "PSP" phone. Why they would use a fake/knockoff phone in a promo shot is beyond me.
Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/11/05/keepin-it-real-fake-psp-phone-features-nes-emulator-cognitive/

Aren't they just showing off the types of devices you can use with the overdrive? You know, like a white psp...

A pearl white PSPgo? LAWL!

Yeah, isn't that a white PSP go?
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So, by ur reasoning, they are gonna be making laptops and mp3 players too?
Hey... This thing makes phone calls too!

mmmmmmmmm 4g headphones I can not wait

BrianDigital said:
mmmmmmmmm 4g headphones I can not wait
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i was just about to say that!!

Post #1-#2 All I can say... Get A life!!!! LOL

And my lols have been delivered.

I wonder how long the battery lasts, and if they'll charge a $10 data fee for it.
I really like the silver antennae on the clip board. Do you think it's 4G too?

Guys, the little box in the middle shares WiFi to devices like that. Lol
Hotspotting.
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does sprint even carry sony ericsson phones?

GaryJ51 said:
I wonder how long the battery lasts, and if they'll charge a $10 data fee for it.
I really like the silver antennae on the clip board. Do you think it's 4G too?
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It's a balloon streamer. And yes, Sprint balloons TOTALLY get 4G.

Good Detective work there champ, you really got the inside scoop.

My wife has a wonderful 4G hotspot and she isnt in the pic.
Pics are worth a 1000 words folks and open to alot of different interpretations. Its an ad....

Finally! A smart phone that does everything I ask of it!

Probably a stoopid thread, but I can honestly say that this thing rocks!
Every smarty phone I've had to date had multiple things that made me go ARGGGGGHH.
my SIII has done everything I've asked of it. Bluetooth, data reception, wifi, phone reception etc has all been spot on.
Usually at some point on my previous phones I'd go.....wtf !?! But honestly, I have not said that yet. I've found that if it was unfamiliar or different than my previous phones, I usually like it once I figure it out.
Now Tmo's reception......not so good.
But I like Tmo though. After many bad experiences with other carriers, they've been a pleasure, over all, to deal with.
Positive rant over........

True. This phone is excellent. A joy to use and even after I have all my apps and settings loaded it is still lightning fast. Oh and the camera is great.
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Well that s4 proceessor handles a lot of that too. Qualcomm deserves some credit.
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ickster said:
Probably a stoopid thread, but I can honestly say that this thing rocks!
Every smarty phone I've had to date had multiple things that made me go ARGGGGGHH.
my SIII has done everything I've asked of it. Bluetooth, data reception, wifi, phone reception etc has all been spot on.
Usually at some point on my previous phones I'd go.....wtf !?! But honestly, I have not said that yet. I've found that if it was unfamiliar or different than my previous phones, I usually like it once I figure it out.
Now Tmo's reception......not so good.
But I like Tmo though. After many bad experiences with other carriers, they've been a pleasure, over all, to deal with.
Positive rant over........
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A different experience compared to our G2x's isn't it? Loving mine so far. You're in Texas so you may like this. I found a nice case at the T-Mobile store that is silver. Combined with the blue phone it looks great and is Dallas Cowboys colors!
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Well, mine won't do wifi tethering, FM radio, toggle LTE, or several other things. But that's all thanks to AT&T, not the phone itself

[Q] Has anyone else found that Google wallet works on N7?!

Just for fun I decided to try to sign into Wallet. I didn't have any faith that it works since it doesn't work on my Evo LTE. Not only did it activate, it showed $10 in my account. What was interesting was that the $20 I loaded onto the phone does not show on the tablet. Obviously, it's device dependent.
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it was all over the web several days ago

I can't wait to look so cool at Starbucks by swiping my tablet to pay.

I read about the update but I missed the part where someone said it works. I have it on my phone and it doesn't work, despite being one of the features that was played up.
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It should work. It was pushed out and can make payments without being connected to the internet.

As a matter of fact, I activated it on my gnex and I got the ten dollar credit. I used it with no problem. Today I got my Nexus 7 and set it up, and got another ten dollar credit. The gnex shows balance zero, the 7 says ten dollars. For what it's worth, if you set up wallet on a rooted device, there is a warning art the top of every screen that the device is not supported for security reasons. Everything still works fine though!
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I can't wait to look so cool at Starbucks by swiping my tablet to pay.
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I can't wait to look so cool at Starbucks by swiping my tablet to pay.
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Your Starbucks have nfc payment abililty?
Damn.
Cause mine I can do the barcode thing but no nfc scan

Questions go in the Q&A section

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what the **** Is that real?

Blue tooth device

Hey people, I have a question if I may...
I have a p7500 for my mum and she has a sim card she uses. Now with the recent voice call patch now functional, I want her to use this as her main phone, however, using a tablet as a phone out and about can be quite inconvenient.
Here lies the question. I am after a device, preferably bluetooth, which can be used as a functioning handset.
I. E. It has a mic and a speaker, a touch screen to dial numbers and text, basically all the phone features, but without the phone... This will allow my mum to use the smaller phone type device to make calls and texts while out and use the tablet as normal when in the house
Now some of you may be thinking that this device cannot exist! But there is something similar out there, the Samsung Yepp yp-p2
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_YEPP#YP-P2
The only drawback this has is its lack of an internal speaker thus requiring the use of headphones, which isn't ideal...
Your thoughts?
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skaif said:
I want her to use this as her main phone
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And what does your mum want?
What you're suggesting seems like a whole lot of aggro for a gaint step backwards. Buy her a cheap phone, it'll be far easier.
If you want to persist maybe you could connect a hands free car kit to her shopping trolley. Battery might be a bit heavy though
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HTH

Thanks for this pointless reply
Ideally my mum would like 2 devices which share the same number. Now it's not possible to clone the sim, I am looking at alternatives
I already have bought her a cheap phone, but this means she cannot use the sim in the tablet, which means she cannot use 3g which means she cannot call or text from the tablet. She gets 3gb worth of data a month and this is going to waste at the moment.
In terms of your opinion and attempted humor, thanks, its funny. :-[
In terms of going a step backwards, connecting a tab to a handset? Really? In the future if you have no value to add, please refrain from posting
It's people like you who are giving the xda community a bad name
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