WiFi HotSpot - To Root or Not? - Page 3

**gTen** · #21 (**permalink**) 12-21-2010, 07:08 PM

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Originally Posted by gullzway

I've been using the wifi tether pre9 on my epic running froyo and it works great. Which one are you saying doesn't work?

Sent from an Epic 3G on SERO!

MobileAP which uses infer-structure...well I did get it working once but 4g didnt work on it on Froyo :/...

youngblack · #22 (**permalink**) 12-21-2010, 09:46 PM

If you want infrastructure for free... Go with trinity. I heard daren reported that it was working.

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**gTen** · #23 (**permalink**) 12-21-2010, 09:53 PM

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Originally Posted by youngblack

If you want infrastructure for free... Go with trinity. I heard daren reported that it was working.

Sent from my SPH-D700 using Tapatalk while your mom was putting her clothes on.

its nto about just working, its about working with 4g..that said that trinity rom was taken down due to issues..and hotspot didnt work

youngblack · #24 (**permalink**) 12-21-2010, 10:10 PM

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Originally Posted by gTen

its nto about just working, its about working with 4g..that said that trinity rom was taken down due to issues..and hotspot didnt work

Well in that case I go with di18 version 4.2 with dk17 modem I think... can't be sure if I remembered correctly if that had free hotspot but as I recall it was free and it worked on 4g too. or...wait until the real 2.2.1 comes out it rumored to come day after christmas.

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yahknow1 · #25 (**permalink**) 12-21-2010, 11:47 PM

So, other question comes to mind then, I was talking to a guy at work who claims he tethers his droid to his laptop with a free app that he downloaded. claims he doesn't get charged at all for the service and when I asked him if his phone was rooted he looked at me like I had just spoken in a foreign language to him. He says its a stock phone...can someone tell me what that could be, because if I can tether without rooting I'd rather do that at this point.?

**gTen** · #26 (**permalink**) 12-22-2010, 12:06 AM

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Originally Posted by yahknow1

So, other question comes to mind then, I was talking to a guy at work who claims he tethers his droid to his laptop with a free app that he downloaded. claims he doesn't get charged at all for the service and when I asked him if his phone was rooted he looked at me like I had just spoken in a foreign language to him. He says its a stock phone...can someone tell me what that could be, because if I can tether without rooting I'd rather do that at this point.?

You mean PDAnet? it works but the free version has a limitation of no HTTPS sites...its also usb only...bluetooth option doesn't work to my knowledge on our phones.

yahknow1 · #27 (**permalink**) 12-22-2010, 01:25 AM

I see so I would be limited to sites with HTTP mainly? I noticed Easy Tether was one that advertises doing both, has anyone tried it?

**gTen** · #28 (**permalink**) 12-22-2010, 01:50 AM

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Originally Posted by yahknow1

I see so I would be limited to sites with HTTP mainly? I noticed Easy Tether was one that advertises doing both, has anyone tried it?

As I said PDAnet does HTTPS..but you gotta pay for it..same applies to EasyTether...if you want HTTPS you gotta pay for it..

youngblack · #29 (**permalink**) 12-22-2010, 10:21 AM

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Originally Posted by gTen

As I said PDAnet does HTTPS..but you gotta pay for it..same applies to EasyTether...if you want HTTPS you gotta pay for it..

By https you mean access an encrypted connection? But it will let you browse away as long as its just a regular http right? If so can you use a tunnel and bypass all that https bullshit?

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**boredandtattooed** · #30 (**permalink**) 12-22-2010, 11:59 AM

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Originally Posted by youngblack

Going over 50gb in one month wow u must be living in rural areas with no access to landline phone or cable internet?

lol man i used almost 150gb 2 months ago, 90 this past month... sometimes i use 2-5GBs in a day - withOUT 4G.... i live in Metro Detroit, far from the sticks... I choose NOT to use cable internet... why would i want to, using my phone its free... and given i use around 100GBs a month, id say the speed im sacrificing isnt much of an issue lol... thought id throw that in there..

back to your thread about Wifi-Tethering w/o Root.... which btw isnt possible right??? not even with a paid app?? I have xdandroid so im rooted and it works...

hey what about the hack i read about for free wifi tethering? it was as simple as moving the widget for it to the homescreen or something ridiculous like that... said it bypasses the auth screen by doing this..... was anyone brave enough to try that? my bro-in-law has an Evo, even a 30 dollar app is better than 30/month..