[Cialug] Commerical Interruption

[Dave Weis]

That is one alternative. Is wifi hotspot a 3rd party program or the capability built into Android in later versions?

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From: cialug-bounces at cialug.org [mailto:cialug-bounces at cialug.org] On Behalf Of Kenneth Younger
Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 4:33 PM
To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
Subject: Re: [Cialug] Commerical Interruption

With verizon I don't pay for tethering, but I've been getting away with 1.2GB some months of data usage with my phone tethered. Of course, the location I'm at has terrible reception, so I literally get dial-up speeds - so maybe they just haven't noticed because I've never caused too much load.

And I've been doing it with a non-rooted Droid Incredible through PDAnet and WIFI hotspot.

-Kenny

On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 4:21 PM, Josh More <MoreJ at alliancetechnologies.net<mailto:MoreJ at alliancetechnologies.net>> wrote:
With 2.2, you can tether without root, but only if the carrier allows you.  It's in the OS, but locked unless you pay the $30/mo.  That's one of the reasons for all the rooting* going on.

* Non-Australian sense.

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Subject: Re: [Cialug] Commerical Interruption

4G or not, I suspect this person's willing to pay the $10/mo for the phone itself, which btw, is what Sprint claims you're actually paying for, not the 4G....

Additionally, I *think* w/ 2.2 you will be able to tether w/o root and w/o paying Sprint's PAM (Phone as Modem) plan.  It's a feature being added by google to the OS.  (again...I *THINK*).

As for getting dumped for rooting I doubt this is likely.  I have a Windows Mobile Touch Pro 2 on the SERO plan.  1.) I've been running a custom ROM on it since I got it and 2.) even though SERO doesn't allow Android (prior to october 1st and +$10/mo after which I do not pay currently) I run xdandroid on my phone fairly regularly.  they can't tell what you do with your phone for the most part.  I would just suggest if you bust it you "loose" the phone as they probably won't be happy if they got a rooted one in for support.

On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 2:26 PM, Dave Weis <djweis at internetsolver.com<mailto:djweis at internetsolver.com>> wrote:


There are a couple differences - there's actually no 4G locally and it's not forecasted here for quite a while. You also have the risk of your service being turned off once Sprint determines that you've rooted their phone and are tethering it.



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