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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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While disabling WIFI is possible via firmware update and etc it would not prevent people from accessing it once they root. But it would add extra development..if anything they will just disable the wifi on load and only enable it once it authenticates for 1 day after which if it does not authenticate again it disables.
But I think this would kinda screw them over all and my guess is wifi Hot spot is only thing that requires authentication. It is more hassle then it is worth.