WiFi HotSpot - To Root or Not?

[kgbcapthowdy]

if you wanna use free wifi tethering which is ad hoc. just get app called z4root, one click root then install wifi tether. that simple

[gTen]

Originally Posted by Wunder

Could I get a link gten?

PDAnet is on the market..if you mean my research here you go:

http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/sprint-epi...n-results.html

[yahknow1]

OK, well I just finally got a laptop to try and tether/ wi-fi to and nothing has worked so far.

Let me first say I'm totally stock Epic without root and laptop is Acer with Windows 7 Professional:

First thing I tried was PdaNet..downloaded the 64bit file onto my SD card and ran it after my phone was hooked up to my laptop? spent three hours pouring through all the FAQ' s on the site, for the life of me, I can't figure what's going on?

SO

Moving onto Mobile AP...I downloaded and tried to get it to work and do you think I could get it to? nope! Crapole, wtf? It's really weird, everything seems like its working, just says "no internet access". I see the phone on the network like a wireless router and everything? one thing that is different though...When I click on the shortcut to Mobile AP' , the check box that I get tells me it is "Activating Sprint Wireless Hot spot" NOT Mobile AP, like the picture?

Now I've just reset everything thinking that some way some how, one of my settings is hosed up? I entered the code: *#7780# My line of thinking is with all the tinkering I've done, starting from scratch can't hurt?...Oh and a windows restore point to the last known good setting too....Probably not necessary, but I just want to cover my bases?

I'll try again as soon as my contacts finish sny'ng and Windows reboots....Can anyone give me anything else to try?

Any and all help is greatly appreciated...Thanks
Paul

[gTen]

Originally Posted by yahknow1

OK, well I just finally got a laptop to try and tether/ wi-fi to and nothing has worked so far.

Let me first say I'm totally stock Epic without root and laptop is Acer with Windows 7 Professional:

First thing I tried was PdaNet..downloaded the 64bit file onto my SD card and ran it after my phone was hooked up to my laptop? spent three hours pouring through all the FAQ' s on the site, for the life of me, I can't figure what's going on?

SO

Moving onto Mobile AP...I downloaded and tried to get it to work and do you think I could get it to? nope! Crapole, wtf? It's really weird, everything seems like its working, just says "no internet access". I see the phone on the network like a wireless router and everything? one thing that is different though...When I click on the shortcut to Mobile AP' , the check box that I get tells me it is "Activating Sprint Wireless Hot spot" NOT Mobile AP, like the picture?

Now I've just reset everything thinking that some way some how, one of my settings is hosed up? I entered the code: *#7780# My line of thinking is with all the tinkering I've done, starting from scratch can't hurt?...Oh and a windows restore point to the last known good setting too....Probably not necessary, but I just want to cover my bases?

I'll try again as soon as my contacts finish sny'ng and Windows reboots....Can anyone give me anything else to try?

Any and all help is greatly appreciated...Thanks
Paul

For PDAnet you also have to install it on the laptop..then when you plug it in you gotta make sure all the drivers installed properly via Device Manager.

As for MobileAP, how did you install it without being rooted? O.o..you have clockwork installed or no?

[yahknow1]

Originally Posted by gTen

For PDAnet you also have to install it on the laptop..then when you plug it in you gotta make sure all the drivers installed properly via Device Manager.

As for MobileAP, how did you install it without being rooted? O.o..you have clockwork installed or no?

Thanks gTen

I guess that's exactly why Mobile AP doesn't work...I was somehow under the impression you didnt need to have phone rooted.

After reseting my phone, I was able to get the drivers installed and I'm now up and running with PDANet, it seems pretty nice, I'll use it for a while to see if I can live with this or if I really want to root and go wireless.