I just tried to connect my S3 to my Cradlepoint MBR-1000. At first it did not work, but then started to. Connected thru usb straight from the phone as a modem, but the data count sent and received are not working in the wifi tether. Don't really care really, but I want to make sure I'm not flagging myself to Sprint, or worse, get a huge bill next month. About a week ago, I canceled my data card as I had not used it for over one year.
Anyone know if I'm good or not? I did a quick look for a router forum here but did not see anything. Thanks
Pick of info screen on the cradlepoint.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ws1818io8vumwt8/Screenshot%202014-07-19%2015.26.23_2.png
I also have a Netgear Nighthawk AC1900 still in the box if anyone knows how to share my cells with it. I live in the country and have to keep the phone in a Wilson's booster cradle. Nice out here in the woods, but has it's limits.
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Hi all, I just got my vogue last week and have been fiddling with it ever since. I didn't like the fact that it didn't have WiFi. I heard that Spectec was working on a Micro SD WiFi but no one seemed to know were to buy it. I thought I would make it easier to find this information. Forgive me if this is already posted. I'm going to play test dummy and buy one of these soon. Pictures will come soon if all goes well!
Link to Micro SD WiFi Card
how do you plan on fitting your back cover on after that is inserted?
I will probably have to cut the side a little. I'm not sure yet. Ill know when it arrives what must be done.
Do you have a data plan? If so, then why not buy a phone with wifi?
WiFi would usually give faster connections if one was available. Also Why not? It seems like a fun thought.
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I will probably have to cut the side a little. I'm not sure yet. Ill know when it arrives what must be done.
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Yeah, you can always do something about that...
but what about storage space?
I don't think you need to cut the side. you can leave that side flap open and still have the back cover on. Although depending on how far that flap sticks out, I think solution would be prone to snapping it. you'd have to cacoon it somehow.
WiFi on the phone is pointless if you have a data plan. The newer models HTC Diamond and TouchPro have WiFi. But also think about the battery drain you would have when using WiFi.
True, I could just upgrade, or use my data plan for everything, but something about having wifi seems fun. If for anything, just to have it.
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WiFi on the phone is pointless if you have a data plan. The newer models HTC Diamond and TouchPro have WiFi. But also think about the battery drain you would have when using WiFi.
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Even with a data plan, it's not pointless if you travel out of country and want to use your Vogue.
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Even with a data plan, it's not pointless if you travel out of country and want to use your Vogue.
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Second that. It is necessary for travelling out of country - can then use for browsing, VOIP calling, etc.
I had been in contact with SpecTec for several months now and their Vogue "tester" was unable to get the SDW-823 to work with the Vogue. I said let me have on let me give it a shot to see if I can get it working and they shipped one to me which arrived today.
I've been playing with it and have gotten it installed (drivers, etc) and it phone picks it up however it can't find any wifi networks. I'm standing about 15' away from an access point which my laptop is connected to.
I've got some more playing to do and am going to try some 3rd party apps but I'm not really sure why it can't pick up any networks at this point.
I'll post a couple pictures here after while and let you see how much it stick out the side of the phone.
sticks out a little bit...
Nice, I haven't been able to buy mine yet, but soon I will.
Hi there
Can anyone tell me how easy it is to set up, and whether there's any additional charges that I'd incur by doing so, I wouldn't be using that much data..
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I have been tethering my T-mobile phone with my laptop for years now and hve never been asked to pay an additional fee. Remain under the 3GB limit and I think you should be okay. Not had a chance to use the 'internet sharing' option on my Desire yet.
Thanks I will give it a try. I currently have a voda mobile internet dongle which I pay £15 a month for which is now out of contract which I hardly use, and it only gets a 2G signal the place where I use it quite often, where I know t-mobile has a 3G signal, so if I could ditch it, it would be great!
Once the Desire's drivers and HTC sync were loaded on my laptop the tethtering was easy - once you plug in the desire it comes up with a menu of options for the usb connection - just select the sharing option - then on the laptop just pick the mobile connection and off you go.
Like the previous poster I've been tehering on Tmobile for years and not had any charge for it .
I've also tethered on my Touch HD on t-mobile for the last 2 years, fairly heavy usage (though not above the allowance) and never had any problems or charges.
Is the same tethering possible via bluetooth?
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David
First of all I'm not sure the following is my problem, but any help at all is appreciated.
When I tether the Defy (CM7 rc1.5) via USB, I get a pretty good internet connection at around 3Mbps, but after a minute or two, the connections gets crappy. Web pages stop loading in the middle, and speedtest.net gives out errors on the up/down test.
It seems to me that my "unlimited bandwidth" plan is being limited by the carrier, which isn't really a new thing in the world... However, I seem to suffer from it only when I use the phone's connection on a computer.
The question then is whether there's a way to obfuscate a tethered connection, so that the carrier wouldn't know what I'm doing?
Also, is there a way to find out for sure that your provider/carrier messing with your connection?
Thanks in advance.
No clues?
I talked with the carrier earlier and they actually said that the SIM card itself might be causing the problem, after I told them a different SIM has no issues (which is true).
I'm off replacing it next week (since it is five years old), but it sounds to me like a 10/10 score on the retard-o-meter. Anyone ever experienced such an issue?
Hey Guys, this is my first thread here and I'm hoping ya'll can help! Just got my Arc S yesterday and so far I am in love.
I have had Android phones in the past and they didn't have this "WiFi Hot Spot" feature. My Arc S does have it. I am guessing because this phone was not bought through AT&T and is totally generic, the application didn't get blocked. I enabled it earlier just to test it out and it worked great! I'm wondering if AT&T is going to charge me for the service though... I have PDANet but it totally sucks compared to creating an actual WiFi network.
Will AT&T catch on to what I'm doing and automatically charge me for the service? Will they give me warning?
Or do I not need to worry and the phone is just using my data like normal because the phone was never built for AT&T and they don't know what's going on?
Please help me out on this one! I would really like to use the WiFi hot spot feature at no extra cost beyond my standard data plan.
I didnt really get what u are trying to say well but when u turn ur phone to hot spot for wifi u have to have ur data (operator internet) enabled and the phone will use ur data internet and broadcast it as wifi so who ever connects to ur phone will be using ur operator's internet and u will be charged as normal usage btw i suggest to use operator's internet as hot spot only if u have unlimited internet exess bcoz maybe u will have to play quite alot
I'm asking if my carrier (AT&T) is going to catch on to me and charge me their monthly fee for their tethering/WiFi hot spot service.
If you use the feature you won't get charged.
I read forums of american phones sometimes to improve my English and I came across the thing with at&t's warning.
If you use too much data you might (doesn't happen to all of you) get the "You're in the top 5% of data users bla bla bla" or the one with "You're tethering, stop it or we move you to the tether plan". Also I read that that with changing plans never happened if I'm not mistaken.
So just don't tether the hell out of it and it should be good to go.
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You need a tethering plan if you're in USA afaik.
You may want to read this
http://www.pcworld.com/article/226905/android_tethering_free_ride_is_over.html
And also this
http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/18/...-using-unauthorized-tethering-methods-to-pay/
I know this is old news but you will get the picture. I wonder why major US carriers do that, if you pay for data plan I think its up to the person what to do with those data (i.e. 2GB per month, 4GB per month, unlimited etc.)
It seemed that mobile internet is expensive there.
I'm on unlimited mobile data which costs me 999 php (around 23 USD in current forex)
Capped at 1GB per DAY (I dont know if its being implemented as I exceeded 1GB in one day due to english sub anime downloads hehe)
My carrier does not even charge me for tethering on my PC.
With a phone that is not from a carrier you don't need it as it has the tethering enabled without cheking your plan.
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As far as the apps being deleted from the Market that's not an issue because I already have the programs on my phone.
Those two articles seem to confirm what Flo95 said about getting a warning before AT&T actually upgrades my plan. And AT&T no longer has unlimited data plans so I don't know how they would ever know that I was using my 3G connection to make a WiFi hot spot.
With all this info I think it's fair to say I'm safe unless I get some sort of contact from AT&T warning me about data usage/tethering/WiFi hot spot usage.
I had to have my s20 ultra snapdragon replaced due to a bad board. I lost root and the new one came with bit 2, so Im screwed.
The only real problem is the hostpot tethering. I have flaky internet, so Id just plug my phone it, use the ethernet as a router and voila my whole house had internet.
However, I only have 5gb of month of this, and I can't hide it without editing build.props.
PDANET has been suggested but it doesn't do ethernet tethering.
Anyone got any ideas?
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I had to have my s20 ultra snapdragon replaced due to a bad board. I lost root and the new one came with bit 2, so Im screwed.
The only real problem is the hostpot tethering. I have flaky internet, so Id just plug my phone it, use the ethernet as a router and voila my whole house had internet.
However, I only have 5gb of month of this, and I can't hide it without editing build.props.
PDANET has been suggested but it doesn't do ethernet tethering.
Anyone got any ideas?
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Could you explain precisely what the problem is?
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Could you explain precisely what the problem is?
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I hook my phone up to an ethernet adapter and turn on the hot spot, which I then plug into the router. Everything works fine, the phones 5G is easily able to handle the whole house's internet.
However, I have 5gb of total data on that plan. Normally I would just buy more, but they don't offer more at my house. (no one @ t-mobile can explain why btw - I've been fighting that for 2 years).
So in the past, I edited one line in my build.props and was added an apn and was able to use all the data I wanted. @ high speed without it counting against my tethering.
Is there a way to do this without root?
zeroktal said:
I hook my phone up to an ethernet adapter and turn on the hot spot, which I then plug into the router. Everything works fine, the phones 5G is easily able to handle the whole house's internet.
However, I have 5gb of total data on that plan. Normally I would just buy more, but they don't offer more at my house. (no one @ t-mobile can explain why btw - I've been fighting that for 2 years).
So in the past, I edited one line in my build.props and was added an apn and was able to use all the data I wanted. @ high speed without it counting against my tethering.
Is there a way to do this without root?
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Did I understand correctly that your cable ISP only allows access to specific devices, including your phone model, but not any router?
I don't understand this:
"I lost root and the new one came with bit 2, so Im screwed."
Why wouldn't you want to do root again using Magisk?
ze7zez said:
Did I understand correctly that your cable ISP only allows access to specific devices, including your phone model, but not any router?
I don't understand this:
"I lost root and the new one came with bit 2, so Im screwed."
Why wouldn't you want to do root again using Magisk?
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It's not my ISP. It's using the tethering on my phone, to provide internet to the house.
(my rooted phone died - warranty replaced - so the phone is gone) The new phone was already upgraded and couldn't be bootloader unlocked.