[GUIDE]TBH inspired Free wireless tethering hack instructions for Droid 3

[artic_acid]

I had a few theories to the cause of this issue.
1) heat. Phones get hot from using data constantly. Radio reaches a temperature that the phone recognizes that then shuts it off. Thus the constant drops after 10 or 20 min.

2) the tethering program itself is flawed. (My hopes is that this is a problem for users who pay as well, maybe the next update will fix this problem)

3) what was mentioned before that its an authorization problem.

4) as far as networking I don't see that as the issue. Im in VA and this just doesn't, ake sense.

I do recommend waiting for root. It seems to be the only thing that can ever truely utilize the capacities of our little friends.

Though as impatient as I am for something like this. Considering I have no internet available where I live. And paying 30 monies for 2 worthless gigs seems like a great way for verizon to afford their 4g tower upgrades, I assume when they ready those services they would do most of it all at once.

Id rule out that its heat or that its the app itself. Those dont add up here. Im sure motorola takes heat into account when building the phone, esp when this is an intended use.

I mean you pull off a mod and it breaks it, seems pretty clean cut that it was the mod.

I didnt say networking was the issue, more the network configuration. As in how they are set up to handle authentication. Alot of times when companies aquire other companies and their equipment they cant always have a "Standardized" setup, due to different hardware and software in use. Im thinking thats why were seeing the variations in how quickly the 3g drops. Im also thinking maybe the hot spot app has some other means of authentication or something to trip a red flag when you pull this lil reach around trick.

 

[bonesjones]

Its just odd, I'm in alabama, if verizon knows how to block it, it seems odd they'd do it in bama, and not in bigger states, cause well you know bama ain't exactly known for its hackers

 

[keyofterror]

Im sure that the mod itself (if done correctly) is in no way harmful to the phone. I think its more of a conflict within the phone itself. Multiple ports have the same number to direct.
So when we're tethering I assume we are using two ports. On for data to and from phone to the tower. And one of the other ports for the 'other' device. If both are using the same auth code. Then eventually everything gets backed up eventually and it just cuts off.
Though I am going to just put everything back to normal. Im not using it anyway.
Besides. This ones getting sent back. Sometimes when I type a key will seem stuck and just jjjjjjjjjjj < do something like that) as well as act strange when I have it plugged into the charger. Green blocky screens n stuff like that.
My wifes phone does the green screen alot too. And I only used the mod on mine.

 

[bonesjones]

Ok so, i changed my numbers back to default and it still does the same thing,

when a device is connected, the 3g goes off/on then off/on every few seconds.

So i think i may have a defective chip or something, i'm gonna backup wipe and try again.

 

[bonesjones]

Allright! wiped my phone and it worked, something i must have had installed was screwing with it, can't imagine what it was but it's working now, WAAHOOO!!!

 

[artic_acid]

So I had some time to play with it again tonight. Seems if i turn the Wifi ON before i start up the Mobile Hotspot, it behaves differently.

I have had it running now for almost an hour streaming a video from a webserver of mine with no drop.

Normally my wifi is always off, and last time i just fired up the hot spot. How about you guys?

 

[km75]

So I had some time to play with it again tonight. Seems if i turn the Wifi ON before i start up the Mobile Hotspot, it behaves differently.

I have had it running now for almost an hour streaming a video from a webserver of mine with no drop.

Normally my wifi is always off, and last time i just fired up the hot spot. How about you guys?

Tried what you mentioned a little while ago. And for whatever reason it seems to work. At one point the blue icon went off (well actually its still off) and the green icon is still there. Even w/o the blue icon in the notification bar I still haven't experience a drop. Watching hulu on the laptop for the past 45 minutes.

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[Sparkimus]

So is this hack still working alright for everyone? I'm thinking about doing it to my D3 but want to make sure it's still worth it.

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[greenstuffs]

So is this hack still working alright for everyone? I'm thinking about doing it to my D3 but want to make sure it's still worth it.

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yeah it works confirmed i've been tethering and no surprises.

 

[artic_acid]

So is this hack still working alright for everyone? I'm thinking about doing it to my D3 but want to make sure it's still worth it.

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Still all good here, moved 40 Mb over it tonight, no issues. Actually enjoying it a bit more than barnacle on my project elite d1. Seems just as fast, but a little more stable.

 

[Sparkimus]

Thanks guys. I might try this later tonight if I get a chance.

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[Sparkimus]

Well I did it. It was pretty painless other than me trying to figure out PC mode. I had it in bootloader mode and couldn't figure out how to get my PC to find it lol. I guess I'm used to flashing the old D1 with RSD. After that all went well with no errors at all. I don't have 3G coverage at my house, so I'll test it out next time I'm out.

Thanks to everyone who has contributed.

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[Sparkimus]

Finally got a chance to try it out, and it seems to be working perfectly. My buddy tethered his Macbook pro for about an hour on the way to our show tonight and it worked pretty well the whole time.

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[CLShade]

Don't forget to watch your data usage, folks. Unless your timing was perfect the D3 upgrade probably included a data plan downgrade from unlimited to 2GB/month. VZW killed their unlimited data plan on July 7th.

(And I must say after "enjoying" the clogged connection on the mainland last month I can't say I blame them. Hawaii is FAST because there are no people here - it is a very noticeable difference.)

If you haven't upgraded your phone or your plan since that happened then you're unlimited plan is grandfathered in. But make ANY change to your service and it will (poof!) evaporate.

 

[km75]

Don't forget to watch your data usage, folks. Unless your timing was perfect the D3 upgrade probably included a data plan downgrade from unlimited to 2GB/month. VZW killed their unlimited data plan on July 7th.

(And I must say after "enjoying" the clogged connection on the mainland last month I can't say I blame them. Hawaii is FAST because there are no people here - it is a very noticeable difference.)

If you haven't upgraded your phone or your plan since that happened then you're unlimited plan is grandfathered in. But make ANY change to your service and it will (poof!) evaporate.

Not true. If an individual was/is upgrading from another smartphone with an unlimited plan, say something like an original droid or droid2, they still are grandfathered into the unlimited data plan.

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