wireless tether app without rooting

[xhero]

is there an app in the Market for wireless tethering that doesnt require rooting the Droid X???

 

[wxman2003]

There is a simple way without an app. Turn on 3G Mobile hotspot. Then in settings, data manager, data delivery, toggle "Data Enabled" off and then back on. You now have a mobile hotspot. It does violate TOS with verizon, but you don't get charged for it.

 

[chippy]

There is a simple way without an app. Turn on 3G Mobile hotspot. Then in settings, data manager, data delivery, toggle "Data Enabled" off and then back on. You now have a mobile hotspot. It does violate TOS with verizon, but you don't get charged for it.

Is this for real? I could test it but am too lazy........lol.

 

[wxman2003]

Is this for real? I could test it but am too lazy........lol.

Yes, it is for real.

 

[xhero]

holy crap, it does work!!

thanks!!!!!!!

 

[eugkim]

It does violate TOS with verizon, but you don't get charged for it.

Is this violation any different from using a rooted phone with wifi tethering? Not trying to be a wise guy, just trying to understand.

 

[wxman2003]

Is this violation any different from using a rooted phone with wifi tethering? Not trying to be a wise guy, just trying to understand.

Not any different. It's a backdoor found in the hardware/software that allows for using their mobile hot spot feature without charge.

 

[G.Armour]

I couldn't get this to work.
edit: Scratch that. I got it to work. Now I am just wondering if I am gonna get charged for it. I sent this from my computer tethered to my 3G hotspot from my X.

 

[wxman2003]

I couldn't get this to work.
edit: Scratch that. I got it to work. Now I am just wondering if I am gonna get charged for it. I sent this from my computer tethered to my 3G hotspot from my X.

If you start getting close to 5gb of data per month, Verizon will probably start watching you.

 

[lrv]

There is no way I'd trust anything using the Hotspot. IMO, you're taking a chance at getting charged.

 

[nycebo]

There is no way I'd trust anything using the Hotspot. IMO, you're taking a chance at getting charged.

Besides, how hard is it to root a phone? And wireless tether is such a sweet app.

 

[G.Armour]

Besides, how hard is it to root a phone? And wireless tether is such a sweet app.

Yeah, but wireless tether app is also ad-hoc; the 3g mobile hotspot is not, it's true wifi which I believe makes it faster and more stable.

 

[RadYOacTiVe]

Has anyone checked their account to see if they are getting billed for the hotspot data mins?

 

[sic0048]

I've used it on and off for a while now and have not been charged. However, I found the connection to be slow and fairly unreliable (downloads/uploads would slow to a crawl and even stop - cycling the data connection again fixes the problem). So I more often than not use the wireless tether option (I'm rooted). I'm only trying to connect one device, so I don't care if it is ad hoc or not.

 

[wxman2003]

I have not been billed for it. I do not have any connection problems with it. Actually, very good speeds.