Did Sprint cancel "Phone as Modem" services altogether?
 

As of the 15th, I haven't been able to tether my internet connection using either WMWifiRouter, WalkingHotSpot, or the default HTC Internet sharing program. It creates the wifi fine and any kaptops or devices jump in the network just fine but it shows a yellow exclamation point that says "No Internet Available."

I called Sprint and they claimed to have cancelled phone as modem service since 2-14. I even offered to upgrade to a more expensive plan and she said ir would still be impossible.

Is this true? Is there not a workaround? Because I wouild die sometimes without the ability to just yank out the netbook/laptop and con

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No it isn't canceled altogether. You may want to call back. But with the custom roms you shouldn't need the 15$ plan for PAM. I cant test my connection out right now, can anyone else confirm whether their wifi works.

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That sucks. Do you think I should try to reflash? I have an old rom, MightyRom the first one that came out.

Also, when I signed up for Sero one of the advertising points was the ability to tether (the phone was the Mogul at the time). Shouldn't I be able to complain to someone to get it back? They didn't offer me the 15$ phone as modem option. Both the people I talked to yesterday told me they took the option away entirely, though another guy on chat told me I just have to upgrade to 69.99$ plan from my current SERO 30$

So I'm going to connect to chat again and see what happens

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There's always the reg hack

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mines still working i tried wifirouter and the htc wifi and both of them are still working

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I just tried it to use the native HTC wifi app and it worked perfect just like it is suppossed to. you shouldnt have any porblem tethering. I have never had any issues using any of MM roms.

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My WMWifiRouter works fine.

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I also am using wmwifirouter right now with no problems. Stock rom

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I am able to tether with my old Sprint Sero plan with no issue.

I use Mighty ROM, btw.

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I tried wifi and tethering and both are working. Im running SsS-ROM-r5. Also tried it on Mighty Rom War.

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I just connected with stock ROM: http://www.speedtest.net/result/721466521.png

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I cant speak for the actual PAM (I use MR) but the internet through my phone is working great.



CW

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Tethering right now actually (Calkulin's), and have tethered on Mighty's WAR and Stock since the 15th.

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I've been using Energy-Rom which has internet sharing this whole time. i used it this morning to play wow. (Yes and no it doesn't consume my life) so everything is fine with mine. i nvr wanted to pay for that function anyway lol. All sprint did was skip a step and have everyone using a flashed rom or the cab that allows internet sharing without paying for it

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I used wifirouter for roughly 8 hours in my office today with no issues at all

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I talked to sprint Rep today and was told that sprint disabled phone as modem completely on February 14th.

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we no longer have to option to add pam to peoples account, its been done away with. but you can still teather as others have posted, the block just effects legit accounts where people are paying for PAM.

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Lol how many people actually pay for that anyway. its probly why they disabled it cuz it wasnt profitable

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It has not been canceled and you should check your registry because the WMRouter is messing up the registry. Use the HTC wifi router and you get the same for free and your registry stays clean

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bump for this.
i quit using wmrouter for that problem. had to hard reset twice. opera would work and so would pie, but skyfire and tethering would not.

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My friend uses this everyday and always complains about the connection having to be re-established every 2-3 minutes with both tethering and wifi. Has anyone experienced a similar issue?

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you actually still can, you just have to get creative with the SOC's on the customer's BAN :D

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this is odd because my wmwifirouter is not allowing me to connect either.
i can establish a connection with my laptop & usb, but no internet connection...something seems odd. anyone know whats goin on?

i've even uninstalled then reinstalled without any luck....anyone know what's goin on?

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Why would you call sprint if you were using a custom rom? ](*,):scratch:

FAIL!

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Works for me using mightyrom. Just tried it now. I just clicked the internet sharing option when it pops up when you connect through a usb cable.

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ummmmm.....actually you fail unless sprint somehow has the ability to know what rom your using without you mentioning anything while your talking to customer support....

mine is fine and i have the free tetherplan option on my account...

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there is a lil program I bought for $20 called USBModem back when the Touch was new and it still works even on the TP2. best $20 I spent in my life.

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workin just fine on my tp2 & tp 1 & Mogul.... All Stock roms 100%

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if you are using an old free version, it is messing with your internet connection settings. some people have gotten it to reset by soft resetting the phone. I had to hard reset my phone twice because of this.
If you need to use the program, you'd be better off getting the paid version, as this doesn't seem to cause problems.

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finally figured it out...i think for some reason the app TellMe somehow corrupted my wmwifirouter....i hard reset and reinstalled, works great now.

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Let me correct you......tethering is not free from sprint or from any carrier for that matter....there is no such thing as the free tetherplan. :scratch: Also, the OP did not state that they were using a cooked rom or stock. It doesn't matter at this point....unless your installing a .cab or using a cooked rom tethering will not work.

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Check my bill out, notice it says Phone As Modem, Included

Just because it isn't on your account doesn't mean others don't have it on their account for free...

Some ppl here even pay for tethering and their phone will tether w/o any reg change....

When you have the tether plan added to your account, you can tether right out the NIB....

Besides the cab you speak of is only a simple registry change which the cab does for those who don't want to enter their registry themselves....

ummm yes the op did....
the person who didn't was the Piratedninja post you quoted but that doesn't change anything because having a flashed rom and calling sprint doesn't matter ....\\:D/
theres no way sprint can tell if your on stock or custom unless you spill the beans....
if your going on the basis that you need a tethering cab or flashed rom to be able to tether than above post killed that notion...

http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/5593/oreally.jpg

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Yes you are correct about being able to tether right out of NIB IF you have tethering added to your account. Where you are wrong is to say that tethering is free. I have no doubt with your account posting that you have tethering included on your account. The question is.... can this be reproduced? This is not a option for most and probably will not happen unless there is a CS rep from Sprint dumb enough to add it for free.:dontknow:
Read this thread from Sprint forums.... http://community.sprint.com/baw/thread/22623
http://community.sprint.com/baw/thread/7596

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Your arguing your own posts now....

Never did I state that someone could get free pam addon presently....
Nor did I state tethering was free...

My tethering is free but it was done via a code that was valid 2-3 years ago...
I have the free PAM add-on, as you see in the picture...
I'm not the only one here that has the free pam add-on

Whether or not it can't be reproduced is besides the point....
Can you reproduce a $30 sero plan through Sprint right now? Not likely but does that mean there is no such thing as Sero??

Both of your links don't apply to the discussion we are having....

1st link....All that was done to my account was a add-on....My sero plan has always been a fair and flex since I opened.....Before I added PAM all that is listed in the pic above everything was listed the same and the only change was PAM added on the list and checked....
No changing of data packs, I believe that applies to ppl that got Sero before esamble billing happened....

2nd link has to do with someone that had an everything plan that thought PAM was included in the plan without addon's....
Interesting enuff I know cpl of Sprint customers that have PAM included onto their everything plans....

When dealing with Sprint you may encounter 10 different answers to the same exact question....

It is possible if you were out of contract and called retentions that they would add free pam to account to keep it if they the SOC codes present and the ability to add them....
I'm unsure because I haven't had the need or desire to contact retentions....

Last reply back to you sir....
The main purpose of my first post was that you were trying to point out that someone was uneducated and did something wrong and it happened to be that you were the person that was uneducated and made a bad statement...

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ture, but its a PITA lol, i hate rms.

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Ah once again revisited in February 14th 2010. Isn't that V-Day? It's 4/28 and I just ordered the HTC Touch Pro through an auction site, got it in the mail yesterday. Called today to transfer my Blackberry over to this new(old) phone, and I have had phone as modem for 15 a month since I started my contract with Sprint. The rep puts me on hold, comes back to say that she can't get the phone as modem on the new phone. I'm like what!?! This can't be happening. I'm like just add the data plan to my account and shut off the Blackberry plan. The reply is, "Sir, the phone as modem is added to the Blackberry data plan, and if it's removed, you lose it." I'm posting this on f my life.angry9:

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To make matters worse, I have grown to hate my Blackberry and really want to get my hands on that HTC Evo 4g coming out this summer. IT supports up to 8 connected devices. When my call was escilated to advanced technical support, that support person told me that phone as modem would never be put back in place unless it is grandfathered in. That even the new HTC Evo won't have the option. SOunds to me like Sprint may have plans to criple that phone, to force customers to pay the 60 a month for an air card. And that's exactly what I was offered to have for here on out. Give me an air card for 15 a month, Sprint csrs

I was also told that to keep the phone as modem, I could however upgrade to a new Blackberry device. I hate Blackberry.

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you were probably an idiot and used it as your main internet and went WAY over the 5GB limit

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I just called sprint and they told me the same thing where phone as a modem has been discontinued. Can somebody please suggest solutions? Thanks

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someone said earlier usbmodem

http://www.mobile-stream.com/usbmodem_wm.html

another option is pdanet

http://www.junefabrics.com/ .

I'm writing this post using 'mobile wi-fi router' on custom rom Mr. X ROM 2.5 .