Retiring the TP2 - how can I still make use of it?

[vancomycin]

Are you sure about that new version? The others were mentioning from another "tether modem" thread within this past day that the wifi chip in the tp2 wouldn't be able to do this. Mind that this tp2 i have no longer has sprint service. Would this application allow me to connect a tablet lc that doesn't have wifi via usb cable to tp2 and have the tp2 find/connect to a public or private wifi network?

[gTen]

Originally Posted by vancomycin

Are you sure about that new version? The others were mentioning from another "tether modem" thread within this past day that the wifi chip in the tp2 wouldn't be able to do this. Mind that this tp2 i have no longer has sprint service. Would this application allow me to connect a tablet lc that doesn't have wifi via usb cable to tp2 and have the tp2 find/connect to a public or private wifi network?

I dont see what the wifi chip would have to do with it..your just sharing internet..but sharing to a tablet is a bit more tricky...is this said table a windows tablet? if so it should be possible..any other kind and you might just have driver issues :/

Edit: Ok I see your other thread..what eric is saying is that you can't use your TP2 as a wifi repeater..thats not gonna work, if your trying to make your phone act as a USB wifi adapter..that will work with wmwifitether just fine.

[vancomycin]

Yes gten - I'm not sure what you all meant by "wifi repeater" -

this will be for windows 7 (full OS) tablets - I didn't want the tablets to be drained by their built-in wifi and they have a few spare USB ports to where I could connect the TP2 to via usb cable. I would actually disable the wifi adapter properties on the tablet's network connections.

The TP2 I have has the extended and slim OEM batteries - so that would have been perfect to use. I own the sprint motorola photon now, but I haven't gone through the steps to root it and get tethering on that with my data plan - just because there's still some kinks to be ironed out over at XDA holding me back from doing so.

I visited the wmwifitether webpage and this is the setup I was looking for but it seems that it may still require "cellular data" ?

WMWifiRouter - Support - Documentation - Wifi to USB

from the website :
This connection profile allows you to use your mobile device as a wifi dongle. It shares an available wifi signal over USB. The requirements for this connection profile are the same as for the Cellular to USB connection profile.
Note that the mobile device will not show up on your computer as a wifi network card, and you will have to connect your mobile device to the wifi access point of your choice manually.

[oisact]

I would like to use mine as a media player in the car. The AV out is very appealing to drive video to the kid's LCD screen in the back. I'd like a nice shell to tie it all together though, and provide playback controls on the touchscreen while outputting the video playback out the AV (if that is even possible hardware-wise - I know it can mirror the screen to the AV out, but not if the two can display two different things). I'm holding off buying the AV cable until I know how well it works as a simple video player.