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...and if your interested in wifi tether

Kmfiremedic111 said:
Ok my next BIG question is how do you get around the $30/month that sprint wants to charge for the Wifi Hot Spot?? This tethering through the Optimus S we are talking about is free right? What are the differences?
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Yes FREE . I found out that alot of the lag or slowness is when the phone is hibernating.
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? even with it on I speed tested it at 40kbps in my area which about the same to the wire tether for my area. cool deal
 
if you use the method i gave, there is no fee. noone knows your using it because it gets around the lock that sprint put in place. basically when you pay them they go in and unlock it. using this method, picks the lock.
 
rumplesteelskin said:
Yes FREE . I found out that alot of the lag or slowness is when the phone is hibernating.
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? even with it on I speed tested it at 40kbps in my area which about the same to the wire tether for my area. cool deal
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you could add "screen timout" to your visible settings in quick settings and just flip it to never while tethering.
 
NOMster said:
you know, without rooting and using the one that comes built in from being froyo without using a carrier, you're in luck. this phone will do it.

download the "quick settings" app from the market
open it and press menu>customize
move the wifi hotspot up to be in the visible settings
turn it on.

*note-you cannot turn it on in settings in the phone but once its on using quick settings, you can go into settings and set up a password for your network.


found this by accident yesterday. have a friend with an evo who tried it and it worked for him too. however it would not let me use it for wimax, only cdma wifi.
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Thanks for the info.,works fine on my wife's Optimus.I saw you mentione the EVO can also use this method for free wifi tether,I have an EVO,would you mind to share the info. how to do this on my EVO?thanks.
 
2kmy477 said:
Thanks for the info.,works fine on my wife's Optimus.I saw you mentione the EVO can also use this method for free wifi tether,I have an EVO,would you mind to share the info. how to do this on my EVO?thanks.
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why wouldnt the same setup work on any 2.2 froyo phone. I mean did you try it yet? just asking:)
 
2kmy477 said:
Thanks for the info.,works fine on my wife's Optimus.I saw you mentione the EVO can also use this method for free wifi tether,I have an EVO,would you mind to share the info. how to do this on my EVO?thanks.
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Use the exact same steps,
 
I will be receiving my Optimus today. It's great to hear that it works great. Please bear with me as I am truly a newby: My question is how do you move the wifi hotspot up to be in the visible settings?? Please explain, I just don't want to get it wrong. Thank you
 
stangsandmore said:
I will be receiving my Optimus today. It's great to hear that it works great. Please bear with me as I am truly a newby: My question is how do you move the wifi hotspot up to be in the visible settings?? Please explain, I just don't want to get it wrong. Thank you
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When you open Quick Settings you just click the menu button (button with 4 squares in between the home and back buttons) then click customize. There you can literally put your finger on hot spot and move it up to the "visible" section. I put mine right under ringer volume. Then I went to an empty screen on my phone and added the "Power Control" widget. Good luck!

Oh and don't forget to format your SD card when you get home. Find those directions under the "SD card problems" thread. :)
 
First off, thank you! Second, I have a 16gb card that already has Garmin Nav and my contacts on it. I would like to use this card, do I still have to format it?
 
NOMster said:
No.
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Not true. I had my original card from my Hero in it at first and I was getting the SD card problem. Switched to the card that came with the phone and it's still doing it. I'm going to try to get to formatting it tonight.
 
I'm downloading Extended Controls from the Market right now. I'll let you guys know if this works. ;)

OMG so worth the 97 cents. Awesome. Loving my phone more and more everyday! ;)
 
jen8112 said:
Not true. I had my original card from my Hero in it at first and I was getting the SD card problem. Switched to the card that came with the phone and it's still doing it. I'm going to try to get to formatting it tonight.
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I took my card out of my moment and popped it in the optimus without a glitch
 
NOMster said:
if you use the method i gave, there is no fee. noone knows your using it because it gets around the lock that sprint put in place. basically when you pay them they go in and unlock it. using this method, picks the lock.
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Great tip NOMster,
I followed your post, and switched on my DroidX Hotspot, connected my MacBook to it and ....
the first page i received was a REDIRECTED page from Mother Verizon,,,looking for me to cough up the $20 they want a month for this service.
seems as tho my Droid called home to tattle on me.......
Clearly my phone and its ISP are quite in touch with each other.

what to do next . . . .
 
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