My HTC Arrive is unlocked. I can tell you that the USB modem trick that works on other HTC Windows Phones
does NOT work on this with Sprint. The router app and drivers are doing as they are supposed to, but Sprints server does not pick up the connection request.
Unfortunately, it doesnt matter what changes Microsoft makes, if they enable tether - the decision ultimately lies with the carrier, and as you can see above, the issue is with Sprint, not MS. grrrrr!
When will carriers get this?:
we DONT want multiple devices (data cards) to do the same job as a single device that is already fully technically capable. And
we are ALREADY paying for unlimited data. Get off your high horse, you fat money hogs, I am sick of this lock out. And I am disg.usted about charging more for less.
I miss my TP2,
but only for tether. The Arrive is far superior in every other way.
I see a world one day where data cards are ditched like the 8-track as they should be, and we simply have our phones, with wifi tether, and that is defacto.
There are some
very lame "you dont need tether" posts on this thread, btw. That needs to stop. Quit telling others what they need or not, when you have no clue. Not every area under the sun has wifi, but 95% + does have cellular - so yes, tether is needed, and stop chanting about how its no big deal. Its
not about surfing the stupid web (that can indeed be done on the phone itself). What about connecting into VPN from my PC and getting files and documents from work? Can I do that without wifi or tether, or from the phone itself? No. Or how about staying at a hotel where the bandwidth is slower than 1998 dial up? Is it ok
not to have tethering then? No. Or how about using ANY
desktop app that connects to web services (which is dang near ALL of them now days) and wifi not availble? No, no, no! Tethering is aboslutely needed.
Argument over.
btw, the only thing I loathe worse than tether block and forced data card crap is the SMS texting charges for those without unlimited plans. Charge you $0.25 for something that costs carriers $0.000001 to send on their network. Awesome. Would you pay per email? What if Comcast, Verizon, AOL or other ISP's start sniffing your internet use and charge per email? Or charge you just to have a netgear router in the house to share your connection for home devices (which they tried and failed years ago, thankfully)?
Insane. That is NOT ok, yet we let these cellular companies walk all over us with exactly that same type of pattern. The only reason they get away with this crap is that people are so clueless about it, and just pay their bills and dont care. Need more people to wake the heck up and make noise.
Dont get me started on cable companies... charing per month per box per TV.... absolutey ridiculous. Again, what if your ISP charged you per computer? You'd be pissed. But if you dont mind about per TV, you are in idiot. What is wrong with people?
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I still love my Windows Phone 7. I just hate all carriers and their ridiculous schemes.
Tether is a must
