tethering with non-connected phone??
 

I checked the forums everywhere and didnt find anything on this topic...

So i flashed Nex Visions Hybrid on an htc mogul that i had lost, had it replaced with insurance, then recentely found it and have been using it to test roms... after flashing this rom on the bad esn mogul i was surprised to find the internet working and I'm even able to use this phone to tether... haha im on it right now... so i got curious and called up my buddy who already had a mogul but canceled his service... so he had a clean esn mogul... flashed the same rom and i kept getting an error code when it tried to connect to sprint... so i added the phone to my sprint account then immediately put my own mogul back on the account... i now have 3 moguls in front of me that have working internet on the phones, gps, and full tethering capabilities... anyone else find this useful????:twisted:

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so you're saying you have 3 moguls on your account? or did you esn switch them around? if so, sometimes the provisioning stays on the phone for a while then data won't work anymore

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i have 3 moguls in front of me... 1 on my account, 1 with a bad esn not on my account, and 1 with a clean esn also not on any account... and the provisioning has been working with full internet for over 2 weeks now and counting... haha i got curious and thought it was tied to my account so i changed the mdn and msid on each device and its all still working??? did i create a frankenstein or is this repeatable???

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maybe you just got lucky. enjoy it while you can

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I thought it was just a fluke too, thats why i flashed my buddies phone... and his is still working also... can sprint tell that i have 3 phones kind of tied to my account with a lot of bandwidth being used on each of these devices??

Is it the rom thats allowing this or is it really just a fluke...

Hypothetically if I were to suspend, cancel, or changed phones (to a diamond) do you guys think i can still tether and use the internet off of my frankenstein??

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how is it tied to your account? i don't get it

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I'm not sure how they can tell, but regardless I think I can duplicate this on any mogul... so we could have a mogul for strictly free tethering... and a mogul for normal everyday use and calling... that way theres no confusion or worries about sprint charging us for tethering... =D>

If I'm using this frankenstein on the internet and its not tied to my account in any way... is it traceable to an IP address or to sprint?

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I'm having this to I just traded my touch for a BB pearl soon curve and my touch can still access the web...so then I changed the msid and everything and data still works just no phone or txt very strange indeed and idt it has to do with rom or anything

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we miss you spence and yes keep one in you laptop bag and send one to me ;)

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Okay, I feel the need to step in and play devils advocate here... What you have in your possession is a blacklisted phone that was reported lost to Asurion/Sprint. You are the customer whom has filed said claim and received a replacement phone to replace this missing property. While even I could advocate keeping the device around for testing purposes, its clear that the services are still being routed to the device. So lets play out a scenario...

Sprint deactivates the voice services from the line, leaving only a Mobile IP attached to the device therefore allowing internet to remain on. IP addresses are traceable to a great extent by the ISP in charge of the address. Your device also happens to be equipped with a GPS chip tied into the aGPS functionalities of the device. Put two and two together. While it may not seem plausible that they would do such a thing, they will eventually notice that there is bandwidth going where its not supposed to be going - even in minor amounts. Would you want to be the one streaming porn to your notebook when an investigator walks up asking you for the device in question? :p It may seem like chicken feed to you in that situation - but Sprint will see two separate (maybe more?) lawsuits right away - 1) Insurance Fraud: you agree to return lost/stolen devices if you recover them after the insurance claim - its in the TOS, and 2) Theft of services: you using internet on a device that is supposed to be deactivated is really no different than running your own cable TV line from an unlocked tap - which especially lately has been getting easier for the providers to discover.

All I am saying is that you are carrying an easily locatable device and using services you arent paying for. Its really up to you whether its worth the risks associated or not. I just figured I would give it to you from the other side of the coin my friend. Good luck with it either way! ;)