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Originally Posted by SaltyDawg
I'm pretty sure their tethering app also works through USB.
It makes no sense why they would say WiFi, if that is not what they really meant.
Also, do your homework, there have been plenty of companies that crippled certain features unless you pay extra. Heck, their tethering app itself is an example of that.
I had a DSL modem that had a bunch of features missing from the firmware unless you paid extra for a "networking" service (like $5 per month). And if you stopped paying, the features were remotely disabled.
Verizon and AT&T both disabled WiFi and bluetooth in the firmware of previous devices.
Is it really that hard to believe Sprint and HTC would not include WiFi in the firmware, and if you pay for the service you get an automatic firmware update that adds it, and if you stop paying for it you get another automatic update that removes it? It is totally possible. and if that's what Sprint has to do to keep the tethering from being hacked, I could totally see it happening.
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they can block features yes but only software., but they can't block hardware with a push of a button or electronically. if they want to unblock hardware a software update has to be pushed to the phone. For instance gps was locked on the mogul then when they wanted to make it active, it wasn't just a simple push of a button, a software update was needed to access gps. the only thing att, verizon, or sprint can do is block it by a software update which turns it off to all apps and programs. So yes sprint could technically block wifi, but if they did that it wouldn't be possible to use their app. What you're saying is physically impossible.