I'm thinking seriously of getting a refurb'd LTE FIre HD with one big reason in mind: it's a cheap-per-month, contract-free, LTE-enabled AT&T hotspot with a very decent Android tablet built in.
Reverse logic? Yep. But that's why I have a VZW iPad instead of a Transformer Prime.
Anyway...
Has anyone successfully tethered the Fire, while using AT&T LTE, to another device, whether via WiFi or wired? I assume that WiFi would require rooting the device, and wired might as well (don't know if something like PdaNet/FoxFi would work out of the box).
I don't mind rooting/custom ROMs/etc. in order to get LTE tethering working (I have a custom ROM on my original Fire and odwngraded the baseband on my Nexus 4, to give you an idea). But I don't want to be the first one to test this out, only to find out that it's impossible.
So, can anyone clue me in on this?
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Hello everybody.
I tried searching for a solution but nothing seemed to show up. I have a question about the 4G version of the Kindle Fire HD 8.9. Because it has more memory than the regular 8.9 (16/32 GB for non-4G vs. 32/64 GB for 4G), I was thinking of getting the one with 4G. Now, if I were to get the 64 GB Wifi+4G LTE version, would the Kindle function properly without a data plan or would Amazon keep shoving the 4G option on the display every minute? Yeah... memory matters a lot to me. Thanks, guys!
It is OK without a data plan. However, the $50/year plan is a steal. I would recommend it strongly.
Cool! Thanks! I'll definitely look into the data plan.
Is it possible to use Verizon aircard to get wifi on the Nexus 7? I looked around and it seems like you need to buy a travel router. Now, have anyone here actually used a travel router? My main question is can it be used to give the tablet wifi while outside, for example, like driving?
If it can, can anyone point me to one that would do exactly that. The routers that I saw needs some sort of power source (wall adapter or usb, but N7 doesn't have usb port to supply the power). Any way to make it work?
Thanks
jblazea50 said:
Is it possible to use Verizon aircard to get wifi on the Nexus 7? I looked around and it seems like you need to buy a travel router. Now, have anyone here actually used a travel router? My main question is can it be used to give the tablet wifi while outside, for example, like driving?
If it can, can anyone point me to one that would do exactly that. The routers that I saw needs some sort of power source (wall adapter or usb, but N7 doesn't have usb port to supply the power). Any way to make it work?
Thanks
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If you have a 4G aircard, the easiest way to get it to work would be to pick up a hotspot from ebay or just buy it from Verizon depending on what you want to spend. It will have its own battery and connect via wifi. You may want to search the net to see if someone has been able to get your model aircard to work with a N7 but it probably needs power from the USB port and I don't think the N7 supplies very much.
I use my phone as a hotspot with Verizon frequently. No issues but Verizon's service is really suffering in NYC lately. Also try FreedomPop (depending on where you live you can get free 500mB) its the lowest cost data I've seen.
Found amazon sells the refurb fire HD LTE for $159.
Besides screen size, how do they fair?
I'm gonna use this on tmo LTE and I know how to install custom Roms.
Yeah, I have the same question. Really tempting and the recent N7 LTE prices were in the same range.
Which ROM would you be using for it? CM11? Does LTE work on the CM roms?
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Found amazon sells the refurb fire HD LTE for $159.
Besides screen size, how do they fair?
I'm gonna use this on tmo LTE and I know how to install custom Roms.
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LTE doesn't work on the Official CM11 ROM for the 8.9. The LiquidSmooth ROM is working on LTE support and the devs have posted nightlies for it, but I have no idea how well it works.
The tablet hardware is still old but still perfectly serviceable, but the locked bootloader has meant the Kindle Fire was always the red-headed stepchild as far as support goes. $159 is a great price, but the Nexus is a far safer choice, especially if you really need the LTE to work.
Does such a thing exist where you can USB tether to a portable WiFi router to use your 3g/4g phone data and allow others to use your signal. This would be for an unrootable Android phone.
I might be not getting your question right, but doesn't Portable Wi-Fi hotspot feature on Android does the exact needs?
I was looking to get around paying Verizon $400 per year for using WiFi hotspot on an unrootable phone.
I bought a Nexus 6 and don't need a router.
The USB port on my Nvida Shild tablet busted (kids). A friend gave me a never used VK810 4G but for as nice as the tablet is for "free dollars" the stock room is very sluggish!
I was saddened to see a lack of rooms for this device, so I was wondering if anyone knows if I could use a compatible WiFi only rom? (don't care about the 4G) And if so whats the best model? Thanks!