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A few Questions about Verizon PRL and USB tethering.

Just wondering before I do this, because, with my last phone (HTC vogue), I switched to verizon lines, and the service was fantastic, but I kept getting error messages about it trying to connect to data and the like, and, I don't want to put up with that nowadays. Overall, is this something you guys have done? What are your experiences with it? Any drawbacks?
Second question is, how do I USB tether now that I'm rooted? I can do it with WiFi enabled just by plugging the phone in, but, that's just the same as stealing net with a wireless card. I'm looking to correctly root using my phone's data connection. Could anyone point me in the right direction?
thanks for reading, and of course, any help is already appreciated.

www.tether.com , they have a beta version of a usb tether that works pretty good, as for the Verizon PRL i cant say haven't done that yet on the Evo.

ifly4vamerica said:
www.tether.com , they have a beta version of a usb tether that works pretty good, as for the Verizon PRL i cant say haven't done that yet on the Evo.
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Thank you. I went ahead and signed up for the beta... here's hoping it works!
Now, if anyone ould help with the Verizon prl question, that'd be amazing.

It works very well. I think there are links to the tether downloads at bbhybrids.net ... look in their android forum section. I posted them there some time ago, if they dont work pm me and ill send them to you when i get to a computer.
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Sprint Hotspot

Besides Myns Rls5 who else uses the Sprint Hotspot
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I don't use Myn's...CM7 user...but I think just about everyone sues the hotspot.

Most custom roms nowadays has the hacked hotspot. I'm on MikFroyo with a hacked hotspot. I know Nuggysunlimited's is also hacked. Those are the ones that I have personally used and tested at one point or another.
Sent from MikFroyo w/Cyan Dragon. A work of art

Does a hacked one mean an ability to use your hotspot without being raped by Sprint ?

If you weren't getting raped by Sprint, then it wouldn't be hacked.
But yes, you can use it for free, without getting charged on a hacked hotspot.

Nolonolon said:
Does a hacked one mean an ability to use your hotspot without being raped by Sprint ?
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Yep! All you have to do is open Sprint hotspot and click ok. Then it gives you options to turn it on, change the name of your router (phone), and choose your security type and change the password.
That's it, your all set to go surfing!!!
My doors are open if anyone needs to PM me for assistance with anything pertaining to your Evo. I love mine and have learned so much and love to help others, so feel free to hit me up.

Also Wireless Tether App in Market
I'm not entirely sure what the differences are, but there is also the "Wireless Tether for Root users" in the market. I've been using this for a bit and it works great.

I'm on MikFroyo 4.5 and use the Sprint Hotspot. For some reason the Wireless Tether from the market didn't wan't to work for me. They're both basically do the same thing though.

Qoolcat said:
I'm on MikFroyo 4.5 and use the Sprint Hotspot. For some reason the Wireless Tether from the market didn't wan't to work for me. They're both basically do the same thing though.
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I haven't been able to use wireless tether in a while, unfortunately. But yea, they are the same...I keep getting "started up with errors." I tried the newer one, and the older version of it.

One thing to check with wireless tether is make sure you allow your connected device in the security settings.

Evo with Destroyer rom
Hi, been searching the forum to see if the sprint hot spot is hacked on the new destroyer rom "gingerbread". I had mikfroyo where I used the sprint hotspot a couple of times and it seemed alot quicker the android wifi tether, so I was wondering if it worked with the destroyer rom cecause I really like destroyer. has anyone heard anything on this? any help is appreciated.
Thanks

milk10man said:
Hi, been searching the forum to see if the sprint hot spot is hacked on the new destroyer rom "gingerbread". I had mikfroyo where I used the sprint hotspot a couple of times and it seemed alot quicker the android wifi tether, so I was wondering if it worked with the destroyer rom cecause I really like destroyer. has anyone heard anything on this? any help is appreciated.
Thanks
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Destroyer is AOSP, so it doesn't have Sprint Hotspot. However, it is CM7 based so I assume it has the native hotspot that's included in CM7.
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kd0axs said:
Destroyer is AOSP, so it doesn't have Sprint Hotspot. However, it is CM7 based so I assume it has the native hotspot that's included in CM7.
Sent from my HTC EVO 4G with Tapatalk
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You sir are correct.

Wireless Tether for Epic Advice!

Hey everybody.
I am in need of having my wireless tether run in infrastructure mode instead of adhoc.
I am running a Rooted Epic. Stock ROM/Kernel.
I don't mind flashing kernels if required.
Thank you for your help!!!

Go here: http://code.google.com/p/android-wi...mmary+Uploaded+ReleaseDate+Size+DownloadCount
And choose one of the wifi tether 3.0.0 versions,
I recommend backing apps and info in case something gets corrupted and you may want to get any of the custom kernals in the development section will make it work better.
This ones are experimental so use at ur own risk and always have a backup. They do infrastructure

Thanks for the advice. I downloaded the genocide 1.0 kernel. Installed it.
When I install any of the 3.0 wifi tether apps, the app starts as normal, requests super user request. I grant it. It then vibrates and reboots....
Any thoughts?
Thank you!

mindinfiltrator said:
Thanks for the advice. I downloaded the genocide 1.0 kernel. Installed it.
When I install any of the 3.0 wifi tether apps, the app starts as normal, requests super user request. I grant it. It then vibrates and reboots....
Any thoughts?
Thank you!
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Hmm have you tried any custom roms...
maybe its a stock rom issue..
also did u try pre 11 ?
If you want to dive in to roms, i reccomend Bonsai first choice or Syndicate for second choice.
You may also want to make sure in the wifi settings to select your device in the profile, then select softap in the setup method and enable mss clamping as well as access control
if those settings dont work on stock rom with genocide then i reccomend getting a custom rom, i use pre11 on bonsai no problem.
Also question are u trying to start wifi tether with 4g on?
if so thats the problem and you need to start in 3g then turn on 4g after it started.

Right on! Thank you.
Yes you hit the nail on the head with having 4g on.
Disabled 4g. Connected via wireless tether 3 pre11 bamn online no issues.
Stock ROM / Genocide 1.0 Kernel.
Problem with me and the epic is I get way to involved and find my self wasting hours of time dealing with roms / updates / etc. So I have elected to stay with EC05 + root + Kernel.
Again thank you for your help, being a Network guy I understand what it takes getting good support.
Thank you.

mindinfiltrator said:
Right on! Thank you.
Yes you hit the nail on the head with having 4g on.
Disabled 4g. Connected via wireless tether 3 pre11 bamn online no issues.
Stock ROM / Genocide 1.0 Kernel.
Problem with me and the epic is I get way to involved and find my self wasting hours of time dealing with roms / updates / etc. So I have elected to stay with EC05 + root + Kernel.
Again thank you for your help, being a Network guy I understand what it takes getting good support.
Thank you.
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not a problem, what so ever, just been on these forums and reading a lot since the epic came out so i know my share of stuff.
Oh and im actually going to school working on my network degree

Hello I had a related question: I just rooted my EPIC with the stock filesystem yesterday. This was mainly for tethering my Nook color and I used the 2.5.5 CWM version in the sticky for rooting.
I've tried the 3.0 pre 12 release of wifi tether. Following are the problems:
1) On enabling Wifi Tethering, I get a message Sprint "Hotspot Connected" in the notification. And if I click on hotspot connected it takes me right to the Sprint Hotspot! Now does this imply that the 3.0 version ACTUALLY uses the Sprint's hotspot service? In which case, I shall have to pay the $30? Can anyone confirm this?
2) I get awful speeds on my 4g. While my phone gives 4-5 meg download, on tethering with wifi tether, I get very low speeds like barely .5 mbps. In fact the 3G is actually faster than 4G using WiFi tether. Any idea what seems to be throttling the 4G speeds? (and yes, I disconnect 4G before tether and then put it back on).
Thanks in advance!

When it says sprint hot spot activated it activated it with out actually authenticating anything as if u look in the sprint hotspots settings u see the checkbox isn't checked to activate it that's is because the wifi tether app by passes the authentication there for it is free as for slow 4g speeds its a know issue on wifi tether and don't think we will see a fix anytime soon so stick with 3g or don't use it also I think some people have better speeds with pre 10 or 11 on 4g I wouldn't know where as I don't have 4g
Sent from my Epic 4.1g bonsai plant

davidrules7778 said:
When it says sprint hot spot activated it activated it with out actually authenticating anything as if u look in the sprint hotspots settings u see the checkbox isn't checked to activate it that's is because the wifi tether app by passes the authentication there for it is free as for slow 4g speeds its a know issue on wifi tether and don't think we will see a fix anytime soon so stick with 3g or don't use it also I think some people have better speeds with pre 10 or 11 on 4g I wouldn't know where as I don't have 4g
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Thanks for the reply.
So If I understand correctly, you are saying that the Sprint hotspot is activated but NOT authenticated. This means there will NOT be any charges i.e no $29.99 fee. Correct?
As for the 4G speeds, it's a bummer that it's slow on wifi tether. I'm not sure there is a choice of selecting any other program, as it seems that ONLY wifi tether supports infrastructure routing. That said, I'm ok with 3G speeds (better than nothing).
Thanks again for replying promptly. Much appreciated!!

imjimmy said:
Thanks for the reply.
So If I understand correctly, you are saying that the Sprint hotspot is activated but NOT authenticated. This means there will NOT be any charges i.e no $29.99 fee. Correct?
As for the 4G speeds, it's a bummer that it's slow on wifi tether. I'm not sure there is a choice of selecting any other program, as it seems that ONLY wifi tether supports infrastructure routing. That said, I'm ok with 3G speeds (better than nothing).
Thanks again for replying promptly. Much appreciated!!
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not a problem bro and yes no charges as it is bypassing the authentication been using it for awhile and no fees

I'm using the viper rom, and I had the same problem of the wifi forcing closing but it seems to work when I go from wifi to hotspot ( I did for testing pruposes, I need it for work Ideally) but when I'm at work and on a 3g connection even 1x (its an old building) it will feeze crash then reboot, but ill try it again.
Does 4g have to be off for hotspotting to work or just not be connected?
And I work at radioshack. I get an employee discount, and when I was having some problems with an unrelated issue, so I called employee line help and hinted about illegally hotspoting, they said the could detect that and charge me. Should I be worried because I'm on an empolyee line? Or is their threat BS?
Thanks for helping a noob.
-kyle
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ferrariowner123 said:
I'm using the viper rom, and I had the same problem of the wifi forcing closing but it seems to work when I go from wifi to hotspot ( I did for testing pruposes, I need it for work Ideally) but when I'm at work and on a 3g connection even 1x (its an old building) it will feeze crash then reboot, but ill try it again.
Does 4g have to be off for hotspotting to work or just not be connected?
And I work at radioshack. I get an employee discount, and when I was having some problems with an unrelated issue, so I called employee line help and hinted about illegally hotspoting, they said the could detect that and charge me. Should I be worried because I'm on an empolyee line? Or is their threat BS?
Thanks for helping a noob.
-kyle
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I wouldn't worry about the threat I've been tether since it first came out and I haven't got any warnings bills or anything u should be fine
As for the force closing, what pre version are u using I'm able to tether 1x and 3g on bonsai Tom on pre 11 and this one has been the mist stable for me.
Also try clearing wifi tether data in settings/manage applications/all/wifi tether/clear data
Or uninstall it and reinstall it
Also try other versions maybe u will have better luck with another version.
Sent from my Epic 4.1g bonsai plant

Sorry I'm a bit of a noob, what do you mean by pre version?
-kyle
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ferrariowner123 said:
Sorry I'm a bit of a noob, what do you mean by pre version?
-kyle
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Pre is the version b4 the final kinda like a beta Goto the site above that I posted and u will see they have 3.0.0 versions that have Pre after showing the latest
Sent from my iPod touch cause epic is bricked or dead

To those not happy with their 4g tethering speeds, I wonder if possibly the root of the cause has something to do with the fact that wifi and 4g will not both enable at the same time (maybe they share some kind of a channel, the same way some devices share irqs, internal laptop devices may share a usb root hub).
In any event, in my experience the wired tether app is MUCH faster on 4G. I want to say I've gotten somewhere between 8-11mbps over USB. Hope this helps someone.

Is Tether working anymore?

So I have a quotation and I how someone here can answer it. I read along somewhere (I don't remember where exactly) that the tethering apps no longer work. I just recently rooted a phone and I have yet to hear if it is working anymore.. I got the newest wifi tether app off the 3D forums but I'm just wondering if it still works? Mine is working just fine but idk if anyone else who has recently rooted their device if experiencing any issues with ANY app for tethering.. Any info is appreciated
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Been rooted since 'nam, and tethering works as it always has.

it still works if you have it on your phone or can get it. They took it off the market or should I say Sprint blocked it on the market. I have it and mine works fine.

if you have a rooted phone and you have a copy of a tethering app then why not just see if it works instead of posting a new thread? There's nothing more satisfying than doing the research yourself.....

deathsled said:
if you have a rooted phone and you have a copy of a tethering app then why not just see if it works instead of posting a new thread? There's nothing more satisfying than doing the research yourself.....
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I have the app, I have tested it, I have root and I can confirm its working on my end. The app I meant, I guess I should have been a little clearer. My apologies oh great troller, the app that is on the 3D forums, is it working for anyone else? I can't get it to work for a few EVOs that I've tried running it on.
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Try using the barnacle app. For tether. Its very easy and it has never *sucked up.tether has given me problems in the past, but if you want it you should be able to find it on 4shared. Hope that helps
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markjc12 said:
it still works if you have it on your phone or can get it. They took it off the market or should I say Sprint blocked it on the market. I have it and mine works fine.
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I've heard about Sprint blocking stuffs on the market. Also heard that much of the blocking is done thru the Sprint Market application. Is that true? Sorry for this question being slightly off-topic. I DID noticed that much of the applications for tethering (both wifi and usb) has been suddenly flagged as being not compatible or just don't even show up anymore in the market app. Which is interesting as I have a tethering app for my e4g that works nicely on my e4g, but is now flagged as incompatible on the market app for the e4g! I haven't downloaded the latest version to confirm whether it's still compatible or not because I'm pretty much happy with what I have now (even tho the nag reminder can get slightly annoying). Plus I don't wanna go thru the trouble of trying out of fear of bleeping up the working setup i now have. Especially when I'm about to add Clear 4g to my phone and will need the e4g's 8-device connectivity capabilities. In effect, my e4g will be my answer to Clear's iSpot that also can connect up to 8 simultaneous devices too.
Btw, for your information, the tethering app I'm using is an older version of Easytether Lite for usb and WiFi Tether for Root for the wifi side.

Sprint hotpsot free on blazer rom?

So wifi tether isnt working for me and i went to the toggle for blazer 1.7 and pressed hotspot and it took me to the sprint hotspot, just wanted to know if i will be charged? shouldnt it of come with a " check to agree to terms" or something? or is the sprint hotspot hacked for blazer 1.7 ics domination?

khrizg35 said:
So wifi tether isnt working for me and i went to the toggle for blazer 1.7 and pressed hotspot and it took me to the sprint hotspot, just wanted to know if i will be charged? shouldnt it of come with a " check to agree to terms" or something? or is the sprint hotspot hacked for blazer 1.7 ics domination?
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you won't be charged.word on the street is if you just got the phone it will work for you for a while.then it will stop. they will not just add tha charge on. instead you will get a failure message. It will say something like registration error give it some time. unless of course they found a hack and included it w/ blazer but as far as I know they have not found a hotspot hack yet

isnt thier a hack though?

khrizg35 said:
isnt thier a hack though?
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to my knowledge not with this phone yet but I'm running cm10 so I can't say for sure. Think the WiFi tether app is the only thing workin for people runnin a tw based ROM right now

thanks for you help im still trying to get the free tether to work but its not working =(

khrizg35 said:
thanks for you help im still trying to get the free tether to work but its not working =(
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I assume your using this?
http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/
If so make sure device profile is samsung galaxy nexus CDMA or gsm dont matter.
No encryption. And uncheck the box at the bottom that says disable wake lock. Should work for ya

I was using wifi tether on my gs3 and had little luck getting it to work well. I'm on Blazer 1.6 currently.
Even foxfi wouldn't work.
The stock app worked for a few days, but Sprint gives it to you for free to get you to like it, then turns it off.
But today I searched for wifi tether in the play store (eventhough it was already installed on my phone) and noticed there was an available update. I updated and now there is an option for galaxy s3 in the device profile. It wouldn't work until I checked the box that says "wifi driver reload". Now it is finally working as well as it did on my evo 4g!

CM10 appears to be the only rom that actually solves the problem by unlocking the native sprint hotspot app.. all other roms still require a third party app and/or work around.

Yeah, tft is right. I'm on Blazer 1.7 and have to use an app called WiFi Tether but works fine.
See qbking66's videos on YouTube on how to do it, think that's where I found out how to do it.
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There's a new version 3.2 beta 1 with Galaxy S3 Support. I also select Routing Fix(dont know what it is but works).