Wifi tethering

[fishstick600]

Ok, do you need to be rooted? Where is "phone info",all I see is about phone and there is nothing in there to turn any radio on or off...

There's a small button to turn ur radio on and off when u open phone information


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[Burnintrees]

yeah just tried it out. works perfectly. such a killer on the battery though.

 

[fishstick600]

Ya it is



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[JohnnyD359]

sorry to ask so many questions....is this a one time thing or do you need to follow this sequence everytime you use it....thanks

 

[helmsleyl]

It works. but it looks like we have to do that step every time we restart the hotspot.

I was testing the speed between this method and the wireless tether app, the app is slightly faster.

 

[fishstick600]

Every time sry. Download switchpan it'll take u directly to the screen u need

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[alboboy10]

I don't trust this for some reason. I'd be worried.

 

[Jaeger]

I'll stick with my wireless tether app for root users. This certainly works but its a but of a pain in the butt. I could see Verizon making a case for theft of services for using an app that they normally charge money for. The root program works beautifully and will run Netflix on my ipod with no trouble.
Its a good truck to know though. Thanks for posting it.

 

[fishstick600]

How is rooting and using tethering any different?

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[cpinto]

Here's something u guys may like. Here's a really simple way to get free tethering ,I haven't tried this for myself yet but someone just confirmed that it does work. Turn on hotspot dial* #*#info#*#* then turn ur radio off and back on and that's it. When u finish dialling a menu pops up and under one of the tabs is a option to turn ur radio on and off

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Can you list exactly how you do this.

When you say "INFO", I'm not following that.

Thanks

 

[cpinto]

Here's something u guys may like. Here's a really simple way to get free tethering ,I haven't tried this for myself yet but someone just confirmed that it does work. Turn on hotspot dial* #*#info#*#* then turn ur radio off and back on and that's it. When u finish dialling a menu pops up and under one of the tabs is a option to turn ur radio on and off

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Can you list exactly how you do this.

When you say "INFO", I'm not following that.

Thanks

Nevermind ... I figured it out. This turns on the Wifi, but you still can only access the Verizon info page unless I'm missing something.

 

[Jaeger]

How is rooting and using tethering any different?

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In essence it isn't. However you are using a 3rd party app to provide the service and not the stock app which Verizon provides at the cost of $20 month. If you take the stock app (which requires you to pay a fee) and hack it so that you are receiving the service without paying the fee, I could see where they would have a fairly clear case of theft of services.

Now, would they go after you for that? Would they be able to track it without actually going into your phone? I don't know. I doubt it, but stranger things have happened. With the ready availability of wireless Tether and Barnacle I don't see the need to take the chance.

 

[crimster]

i just want to be able to have my x be a hub for my laptop for free so i can have internet on my laptop. we have a desktop that is online but i need my laptop to be wireless in my home. i want to do it the safest way for my phone , contract, warranty...etc. if there is a problem with the batt being drained, can we not just plug it into the usb post?

 

[dswartze]

using the 3G Hotspot gives me wifi "router" functionality (including WEP, WPA, WPA2).

does the wifi tethering option do the same? I was under the impression that wifi tethering works via ad-hoc.

 

[liferefugee]

The difference between this and the tether app is actually huge for some. The difference is you use add hoc mode for the tether app. You use infrastructure mode for the 3g app.

Long story short, ad hoc networks are not usable by many things including corporate computers.

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