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Does it allow you to use the hot spot feature without paying for it or anything else similar to that?
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Does it allow you to use the hot spot feature without paying for it or anything else similar to that?
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No, it does not. Rooting allows you to install certain apps that the device would otherwise not allow you to install (among other things).
Thank you for your reply I kinda have a guilty conscience call me weird I don't wanna do what I'm not supposed to lol God bless, later.
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jailbreaking cellphones is now perfectly legal in usa sooo what keeping u from getting nervous?
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Rooting will allow you to install apps like the android wifi tether app, so yes it could be used for illegal activities but there are many other reasons to root like custom roms or kernels
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Yes infact you can do exactly that with a rooted evo. Wireless tethering is a free feature of android 2.2 It is built into the OS of the phone. Sprint blocks out this feature and forces you to use their program to access the wireless tether feature.
I dont consider it illegal one bit to use a completely open source software, such as CyanogenMod, that is designed to let you use a feature that IS free to use.
All of us pay sprint more than enough money for unlimited data, so who are they to tell us how we use the data we pay for? I dont see Comcast knocking on my door telling me to pay $10 a month because i use a wireless router in my house.
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Does it allow you to use the hot spot feature without paying for it or anything else similar to that?
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illegal activites can be done without rooting
Correct me if I'm wrong but the Sprint feature it charges for is for wireless tether of up to eight devices not just simple phone hook up to computer tether. It's the Hot spot feature they restrict
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Correct me if I'm wrong but the Sprint feature it charges for is for wireless tether of up to eight devices not just simple phone hook up to computer tether. It's the Hot spot feature they restrict
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That is correct. Although technically they say nothing about wireless tethering (for one device), but USB tethering is built in, I believe. It's been so long since I was using a stock ROM, I don't remember what was there.
I wonder how long it will be before somebody develops a third-party Hot Spot app.
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Rooting will allow you to install apps like the android wifi tether app, so yes it could be used for illegal activities but there are many other reasons to root like custom roms or kernels
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Not illegal just a breach of your contract... maybe. Depends on how they worded the contracts. But for the most part you can't do anything illegal with root that you cant do without.
After rooting my phone, I repeatedly beat an old lady to death. I'm pretty sure rooting the phone made no difference but hey.
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Correct me if I'm wrong but the Sprint feature it charges for is for wireless tether of up to eight devices not just simple phone hook up to computer tether. It's the Hot spot feature they restrict
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Actually they restrict the USB too. Hotspot and USB are enabled with the $29.99 extra charge. I know cause I tried to connect via USB, called a rep and he explained why it was not working. I installed pdanet and it worked perfectly.
I think they were the ones stealing from people by charging that outrageous fee for something other carriers and phone models have free. But that's just my opinion.
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Correct me if I'm wrong but the Sprint feature it charges for is for wireless tether of up to eight devices not just simple phone hook up to computer tether. It's the Hot spot feature they restrict
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In the end you are simply using your phones data plan, regardless of how you use it. There is no law whatsoever that restricts how you do so.
What is questionable is whether or not Sprint determines this to be a violation of your contract with them. As far as I can tell, I haven't found any wording that says it is a violation.
So long story short, there's no reason to feel guilty about using wifi tethering for free. You won't go to jail, and Sprint won't suddenly terminate your contract.
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jailbreaking cellphones is now perfectly legal in usa sooo what keeping u from getting nervous?
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it was never "illegal" the LoC modification to the DCMI only says that carriers can't pursue civil penalties for rooting your phone.
but to answer the op if you do root your phone you CAN run a hotspot app to circumvent sprint's charge. but rooting your phone itself is not illegal, does not violate the DCMI or FCC regulations
Thanks to everybody for their reply's, some were funny too. Im not worried about the Cops showing up at my door or anything like that. Just something I was always interested in knowing, because from my experience this community has never supported anything like warez or other ways to rip devs and companies off. But from my understanding I rooted my phone to modify performance and apperance, not really to do anything else, and I did read the court's decision on it being legal, so Im pretty good with that, thanks to all for the info.
Everything I read says that the $30 fee is to use Sprint's Hot Spot application.
I do not pay the fee. I do not use their application. I AM however paying them a mandatory $10 upcharge for unlimited data so everyone is happy.
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Everything I read says that the $30 fee is to use Sprint's Hot Spot application.
I do not pay the fee. I do not use their application. I AM however paying them a mandatory $10 upcharge for unlimited data so everyone is happy.
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i dont see the point in your reply, EVERYONE is paying that $10 charge. cmon now sheeple, no need to try and be special
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i dont see the point in your reply, EVERYONE is paying that $10 charge. cmon now sheeple, no need to try and be special
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I'm sorry you missed the point. Let me see if I can break it down for you. As Rakeesh_j stated, you are just using the data plan and we all pay a premium for unlimited data so it shouldn't matter if you are using it for your phone's browser or tethered to your PC.
cmon now sheeple, read the whole thread
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i dont see the point in your reply, EVERYONE is paying that $10 charge. cmon now sheeple, no need to try and be special
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Actually there is a thread somewhere on how people have gotten out of paying the Ten dollar fee, it seems hit or miss to me, but apparently some people can talk their way out of it.
Call me silly, but I want root so I can UNINSTALL applications on my phone, like NASCAR, NFL, Sprint Nav, Sprint TV, Amazon MP3, and a host of other crapplications that I will never use.
I'd be really upset if I bought a new computer and it had a bunch of applications that I couldn't uninstall, especially ones that were always launching on their own (and possibly connecting to the network) without any action from me.
This sucks. Im starting to hate my phone and wishing I went with something else. Im paying $90 a month, and they want MORE just to occasionally tether with my laptop. Installing satellite internet in my car wouldnt cost this much.
So I am a Linux user...Not a master by any means, and I need dumbed down directions for using the command line.....Remind me how to navigate to a folder, ect....But I enjoy tinkering and hacking.
So right now I am pretty pissed. I am tempted to cancel my Sprint account and just getting a separate account with a Windows phone HTC mogul or Touch Pro original, which are EASY to tether with, even with Linux.
Can anyone help me to either
A.) get my phone rooted in 2.2, where Z4root does not seem to be supported, and where it claims that the operating system does not support Wireless Tether?....and second, help me tether wireless in infrastructure mode so that Ubuntu/Mint can connect to my signal with third party apps?
B.)How to install a third party rom that is geared for people who want to tether their devices with Ubuntu laptops and Android tablets? I want something stable that works. Speed is nice, but not at the expense of stability. I mostly want to use my phone as a mobile hotspot for at least 1 computer without getting robbed for another $30. I also take picture, video, watch youtube with my daughter, and use the calendar and planner, but I probably could have gotten by with the original touch pro for cheaper and used my thousand dollar laptop and 800 dollar tablet for a lot less money. I really just need free wireless tethering.
Also, please feel free to discuss the quality and pros/cons of different roms available for the Epic 4g.
I am typing this on a laptop that I am getting ready to sell because I really do not use it much any more since I have bought my E4GT. These phones have come a long way since I last tried to do this on an HTC Thunderbolt. And with Sprint's unlimited data I found it was just as expensive to have an non data phone and a cable internet connection.
Just wondering how many of you out there are using your Epic 4G touch as your only computer and how you have it tweaked.
I have:
A 32GB SD Card
Installed Unnamed ROM
A six foot USB to Micro cable so I can more easily plug it in while I am at coffee shops.
A Karpus clamp stand
A Casemate case
Planning to get:
Full size USB adaptor
HDMI out adpator
Your nuts. Your going to regret it
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There's no way I could use the E4GT like that. Yes, it has come a long way but to replace a laptop? Not for me at least. I also have the 32GB sd card and an MHL adapter. I could see it replacing a tablet but that's about it. At the same time I'm a college student so of course I have different look at it.
Hahahaha! Why? What would you miss?
I have to say, I was a network engineer in the late 90's with Cisco Systems and when I left that job I got rid of all computers, my tv, and only had a land line phone. I did that for two years and it was a good break.
I guess I should also say I am pretty much bored with the internet. I do not play games and I just use it for email and other communication. The voice recognition makes writing pretty smooth. I loved skype and google video chat and I have that on the phone.
I am also going to be traveling for an extended period with pretty much just a backpack so it lightens the load extremely well. Plus the camera on this thing is fun, check out my pics, I took all of these on the phone:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/113449280935158277907/albums/posts
All you need is a bluetooth mouse, keyboard and a monitor.
What about Odin? You may need it when you least expect it. I hardly ever use mine either but when my last one was broken, I had to rely on a friend when a ROM I tried went nuts
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I flashed a bad kernel that hosed my recovery as well, I had to dust off the ol computer and do an odin.
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What about Odin? You may need it when you least expect it. I hardly ever use mine either but when my last one was broken, I had to rely on a friend when a ROM I tried went nuts
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Yeah, that is the one thing that gives me a little but of concern. But UnNamed ROM has been very solid but I am continuing to test so if I need I can go back to Stock if I start traveling. And if Sprint lets out an update without CIQ I will probably load that in case my hardware breaks and I need to take it into sprint.
But I do have the stock EG30 ROM with the one click installer on an USB stick which I can always use in case of an emergency.
I've used nothing but a phone or a tablet instead of a p.c. for well over a year, now.
To be honest, it's not really about the Android device that I'm on, it's more about the apps I have installed, and about the connection speed in which I can connect to the Internet:
My "substitute ET4G for computer" doesn't really seem too much different than my "substitute Evo3d for computer", or even my "substitute Evo4G for computer", as far as just getting things done...
(It's not really the device that matters, in that respect.)
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I still have a computer, but my main device has been a mobile device for well over 2 years. Now, between my tablet and my phone, my computer is used almost solely to stream netflix to my tv and as a music server for my stereo rig. I will prolly keep it around for the foreseeable future, but it gets less and less use.
Are you hurting for money or something? Why would you sell your laptop? Doesn't make sense.
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Are you hurting for money or something? Why would you sell your laptop? Doesn't make sense.
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Well, I am not hurting for money but I do prefer a simpler life. I try to live on less than $1100 a month and add I said,I will be traveling light the next few months so getting rid of six pounds is huge. Plus the extra cash would pay for most of my train travel.
But, when I do find my next place to live I will probably build a low power desktop.
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Are you hurting for money or something? Why would you sell your laptop? Doesn't make sense.
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I have 2 laptops, and 2 desktops in my house that I rarely, if ever, touch.
Yet I spend a great deal of my free time on the internet, and doing "computer work".
Why is it so hard to believe that someone might want to get rid of something that they almost never use?
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Well, I am not hurting for money but I do prefer a simpler life. I try to live on less than $1100 a month and add I said,I will be traveling light the next few months so getting rid of six pounds is huge. Plus the extra cash would pay for most of my train travel.
But, when I do find my next place to live I will probably build a low power desktop.
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I am a property manager in SoCal. If you end up in Cali, let me know and I will give you an XDA move in special... full bar 4g area too! Lol
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I agree but what if u need odin. My computer just runs odin and netflix
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I agree but what if u need odin. My computer just runs odin and netflix
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I am finding more and more people are using very powerful computers for very few things. I think I am going to start building loew end custom PC's for running "netflix and ODIN".
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I am finding more and more people are using very powerful computers for very few things. I think I am going to start building loew end custom PC's for running "netflix and ODIN".
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Google chrome preinstalled and default would be nice too.
I have the fastest AMD comp u can prettu much build. 6 cores overclocked to 4.2 Ghz i use it when i need to download some things that dont work over phone, craigs list and building simple websites some times. Also i use odin of course. Backing up picturea and music. Its atleast $1, 500 state of the art comp i build. Sadly i use it maybe 3x a month. If i had to choose only 1 device id use my phone. Phones are amazing now that i got this GSII
I traded in my beloved Dell XPS1710 for an Iconia Tab last April. Most of my "computer work" on my laptop was just surfing and email. I still have a home built desktop that I use for work (development) that just can't be done on a tab or phone.
Now I have the E4GT and I do fine with 95% of my needs. If I were not a developer, I probably wouldn't need the PC at all. But there are a few things that I just need the PC for, (DVD buring comes to mind).
I'm somewhere in between. Have my laptop with a 24" external monitor at the office and use my SGSII when I'm at home. If I need some serious power or screen real estate I just take the laptop home with me. Laptop for work, phone for entertainment ;-)
This may be a generic Android question and not so much a Nitro issue, but I'm new to android so I apologize if it's out of line.
I see that there are ways to tether built right into my stock software, but I'm afraid if I use them AT&T will pick it up and switch me from my Unlimited Data plan to a tethering plan. I've been told about PdaNet 3.0, but haven't yet downloaded that. Any thoughts?
They probably will. I would wait until there is a version of CWM or some other close to vanilla Android build for the phone personally.
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They probably will. I would wait until there is a version of CWM or some other close to vanilla Android build for the phone personally.
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Thanks for the reply, but it's a little over my head. From my minimal Android knowledge I think CWM means ClockWorkMod, but I don't really know what that is. I've got some learning to do.
I do get your point though.
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This may be a generic Android question and not so much a Nitro issue, but I'm new to android so I apologize if it's out of line.
I see that there are ways to tether built right into my stock software, but I'm afraid if I use them AT&T will pick it up and switch me from my Unlimited Data plan to a tethering plan. I've been told about PdaNet 3.0, but haven't yet downloaded that. Any thoughts?
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been tethering with the native app for a while (edited the entitlement check line to activate it). No problems here. I don't abuse it though, just basic web browsing when i tether.
Yeah, CWM is ClockWorkMod. Basically, it's something dev's can use as a platform to create files to flash to your phone (including software that will take everthing back to stock if you mess up). It also provides a relatively simple, if initially intimidating, way for a user to install roms and other mods that devs provide.
Once CWM is on a phone, developers are able to make much cooler things to play with, from streamlined and customized stock roms, to completely different roms such as AOSP (Android Open Source Project) roms. These are stock android roms. You also can get CyanogenMod roms (Such as CM9 which is Icce Cream Sandwich) ported to your phone at that point. The AOSP and CM roms can take a while to get here, but devs can sometimes slip goodies like tethering into a customized version of the stock rom (the one from LG). They did on my phone anyway.
On any relatively new phone, there's always the wait till CWM is ported to the phone. After that, things pick up rapidly.
Hope this helps. I remember asking the same question (and many more like it). You get the hang of it real fast.
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been tethering with the native app for a while (edited the entitlement check line to activate it). No problems here. I don't abuse it though, just basic web browsing when i tether.
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How did you edit the entitlement check? I probably still won't do it, but I am very curious. I don't trust carrier and manufacturer customized roms.
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How did you edit the entitlement check? I probably still won't do it, but I am very curious. I don't trust carrier and manufacturer customized roms.
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Check out page 6/7 in the LG Nitro Root thread in the dev section. You have to trigger the hotspot on once, to get AT&T to tell u that u don't have the proper plan, and the line will appear in line 66.
setting storange/settings.db/secure
Get there using SQLite editor.
E_Man,
When I get back to my computer I'll hit the thanks button. I have a lot to learn, but here's how I equate some of it.
Is CWM kinda like Cydia on the iPhone? I jailbroke my 3GS a few different times, but this android stuff is all Greek to me. There was always a tutorial to be found with every new jailbreak, but I've only seen one for rooting the Nitro and it's still over my head.
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Actually, using iphone terminology, cwm would be more like open iboot or something. It's a recovery mode that allows you to back up, restore, or install roms. There is no cydia equivalent in android afaik. Almost all the cool tools, tweaks, and apps are available in the market. Rooting is pretty much the same thing as jailbreaking.
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Actually, using iphone terminology, cwm would be more like open iboot or something. It's a recovery mode that allows you to back up, restore, or install roms. There is no cydia equivalent in android afaik. Almost all the cool tools, tweaks, and apps are available in the market. Rooting is pretty much the same thing as jailbreaking.
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Ah I see. I have noticed that most of the things I had to jailbreak for are already in the android marketplace. The availability of all of that and the freedoms that android offers are what made me ditch iOS. The main reason, though, is because I kept hearing how supportive the android community is. So far you guys seem pretty helpful. It's on me to learn as much as I can. I just have to find the right spot to start gaining info. Much of what I've come across is over my head.
You picked a good phone to convert to. The display on this phone is AMAZING!!! My HTC Inspire looks like a VGA monitor to me now.
Is anyone else using the built in tether option? Any foul play from AT&T?
I'm using it. Don't abuse much (other then listening pandora radio on laptop 8 hours a day), but other then that basic web browsing. So far so good, nothing from ATT (yet I already received sms when had Atrix, but then I was streaming movies from my computer at home, was going 20gb a month. Now I'm about 10gb a month (which I know is high), but it's all because of pandora, it would be the same if I was using phone's app for that anyway.
Although I'm not on contract and won't loose sleep if I have to switch company, for what I pay now I sure can find a better deal elsewhere.
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I'm using it. Don't abuse much (other then listening pandora radio on laptop 8 hours a day), but other then that basic web browsing. So far so good, nothing from ATT (yet I already received sms when had Atrix, but then I was streaming movies from my computer at home, was going 20gb a month. Now I'm about 10gb a month (which I know is high), but it's all because of pandora, it would be the same if I was using phone's app for that anyway.
Although I'm not on contract and won't loose sleep if I have to switch company, for what I pay now I sure can find a better deal elsewhere.
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Wow, nice. I am usually under 3 GB, but tethering on my HSPA+ Inspire was hardly a good experience. I'm sure I'll get above that if I tether on my Nitro. Glad to know you can get around 10 GB without them flipping out on you. I was under the impression you'll receive the SMS right over 5 GB.
Are you guys also on the unlimited data plan without the tethering feature?
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I was under the impression you'll receive the SMS right over 5 GB.
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I forgot to mention I'm in non-LTE area. Also as far as I can remember for at least 2 years, after 15th of each month they slow down the network from about 10am to 7pm from 800kb/sec to 80, regardless of my usage. Still its fast enough for pandora and little web browsing.
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I'm using it. Don't abuse much (other then listening pandora radio on laptop 8 hours a day), but other then that basic web browsing. So far so good, nothing from ATT (yet I already received sms when had Atrix, but then I was streaming movies from my computer at home, was going 20gb a month. Now I'm about 10gb a month (which I know is high), but it's all because of pandora, it would be the same if I was using phone's app for that anyway.
Although I'm not on contract and won't loose sleep if I have to switch company, for what I pay now I sure can find a better deal elsewhere.
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Wait a minute... You use 10GB a month tethering and don't get hassled by AT&T? I was told that with Android devices they can't detect whether or not you're tethering or just using alot with certain apps. It must be true.
I'm gonna try it out.
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Well perhaps they know that I have noting to lose and will cancel my account if they try something.
Already paying way too much for what I get compare to other carriers.
Haha if that were their thinking I would never sign a contract again.
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Hi!
I am going to switch to sprint from AT&T because I lost my job. I am going to get onto my mother-in- law’s plan because my wife is already on it. They have a family plan so I was just going to jump onto their plan to save money.
The only problem is that I have a Dell Streak and am so in love with it. I have the awesome stock unlocked factory ROM on it and can tether with an unlimited data plan. It’s a great phone but does seem a little out dated by being a little slow. Also I am tired of paying 85.00 a month for unlimited mobile to mobile, unlimited data, and unlimited testing. I know it’s a decent deal but money is tight at the moment.
The only solution so far is to go to sprint because that is what my wife and mother-in-law are have. The only close phone that sprint has that is close to what I have is the Samsung Galaxy S II Epic 4G. The phone would be 19.95 a month and 10.00 a month for the data for that phone. I am wondering if there is a huge ROM support group for the Galaxy S II if I wanted to say put Ice Cream Sandwich on it stock style with unlock tethering with the sprint network. I know some networks make it real hard to change your ROM’s phone.
The other choice would be just to go with the Samsung Replenish because it seems like a decent phone and has Android capabilities but I just think I would find myself depressed going from an extreme mod phone like the Dell Streak to the Samsung Replenish.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Let me know the ins and outs of moding a Galaxy S II on the Sprint network. And what phone you think would be best. You think the extra 10.00 is worth the Galaxy S II? I just think I will be going for the Galaxy S II because that is what I am used to.
Side note is that I am 8 months from my contract expiring with AT&T and have unlimited data smartphone plan. I was thinking about using an extra lame old phone that I have laying around the house and taking of my data plan by calling in and say I do not have it any more I just have a basic phone and ask them to remove my data plan. This was when I port my number over to Sprint they will only charge me the basic termination fee than the more expensive one because I had a smartphone. Do you think this would work?
Best,
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Let me be the first to chime in. The Epic Is certainly the way to go! One of the best Groups on XDA (imho) and one of the best performing phones on the market. Every phone has its downside, ours seems to be 4G speeds, but the upswing far exceeds the down. I Love this Phone!
There are plenty of Roms for the E4GT. Development is pretty good right now. My wife used to have a replenish, because she wanted to be "green". That thing was a POS, there was no support for it, it has a freaking slow processor, no memory, graphics suck, etc. At least go with a dual core.....
Also, you will have to pay the ten dollar data charge for both the Epic Touch and the Replenish. Get the E4GT.
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Basically all I want to do on the Sprint network is tether with a mobile hotspot up to 8 devices for free. Install non market apps like the Amazon App Store. And Root my phone. Is this all pretty easy and possible with the D710 that you get from the Sprint Store?
And if I went there today? Would I get the newest version with the newest parts like the silver headphone jack and what not?
Also do you think its a big deal to give up my unlimited data plan on AT&T? Or if you pay the extra 10 dollars with Sprint is that basically unlimited data?
I would change out the roms but that is not entirely to important to me but I would like the option to.
Yes all that is possible and more
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You'll be happy trust us! You probably be like streak who!
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Basically all I want to do on the Sprint network is tether with a mobile hotspot up to 8 devices for free. Install non market apps like the Amazon App Store. And Root my phone. Is this all pretty easy and possible with the D710 that you get from the Sprint Store?
And if I went there today? Would I get the newest version with the newest parts like the silver headphone jack and what not?
Also do you think its a big deal to give up my unlimited data plan on AT&T? Or if you pay the extra 10 dollars with Sprint is that basically unlimited data?
I would change out the roms but that is not entirely to important to me but I would like the option to.
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Don't buy the phone from Sprint try Sam's Club, Radio Shack or Compusa which all sell the phone for less than Sprint does at this moment... Hey even try Best Buy. If you want to save yourself some money shop around.... Oh yea Amazon too
Don't run off and put ics immediately. Yes its desired and popular with many people. Only problem is, many people believe it isn't reliable enough to trust it as a daily driver. A few people, including myself, feel calkulin's 2.8.1 is the most recent with the best stability and least problems. You can always go stock rooted, but your battery and responsiveness won't be as good as 2.8.1. Grab all the modems and try any of them ek02 or newer. Find which one works good for your phone and area.
Seriously? Do better research.. besides the network, the e4gt is hands down one of he best phone out right now.. completely.. not to mention all you need is a pc, sfhubs one click rooted ics leaks and youll have stock rooted ics.. then you can try one the awesome custome roms or even get an aosp rom with way more customization.. then you can show everyone how your e4gt touch is better than there phones and forget about your streak all together in no time..
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When you root it or flash a new ROM does it give you portable wireless hot spot?
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Yes, you can download wifi tether from the market
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When you root it or flash a new ROM does it give you portable wireless hot spot?
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On ics new builds have broken it before but someone always gets it running again. I have been using ICS as a daily driver since March with no more than cosmetic or nonsensical issues usually caused by me.
needspractice said:
I was wondering if anyone knew of the latest or best phone that has the greatest ROM rooting following at the moment greater than the Galaxy Nexus?
I have a Galaxy Nexus right now and its great but I am just bored with it. I would like to upgrade. The only problem is that I use [GNEX TOOLKIT V11.1.0] Drivers, Backup, Unlock, Root, Recovery, Flash + MORE [SPRINT] which is the best tool around.
I was wondering if there are tools like this or better for other newer phones that I may upgrade to or should I just stay with my Nexus for while?
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Easiest phone to root is the OPPO Find 5 that has an unlocked bootloader and to root it all you do is install an app. Best phone at the moment is the Galaxy Note 3.
FuMMoD said:
Easiest phone to root is the OPPO Find 5 that has an unlocked bootloader and to root it all you do is install an app. Best phone at the moment is the Galaxy Note 3.
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Does the Galaxy Note 3 have an easy toolkit application to root it like the Galaxy Nexus?
needspractice said:
Does the Galaxy Note 3 have an easy toolkit application to root it like the Galaxy Nexus?
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No idea the phone has just barely been released. It's not hard to root nowadays just follow instructions. Not like the "gold card" rooting procedure with a ton of adb codes anymore.
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