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Root 3G mobile hotspot

B92MOR said:
This may be old news, but I'm just posting to confirm that I DO NOT have root, I have the official 2.2 update, and I'm browsing the web using my phone as a 3G hotspot without paying Verizon's exorbitant fees!

For anyone who would have only rooted for the router functionality, you can do it 100% fine and free without it.
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I'm a little confused. Something querky must be going on here. If you connect and use the WIFI w/out rooting you're automatically directed to the Verizon "Pay Us Money For This Feature" page.
 
I receieved the official 2.2 OTA yesterday and loaded it on the phone. I immediately proceeded to my PC to see if the mobile hot spot wifi connection would work and it immediately took me to the "Pay Verizon for its use page". I signed on here found this thread, implemented the steps and I'm able to use the 3g mobile hot spot for free without another Verizon fee. Works perfect, thank you!
I mean come on really, I am already paying them $30 extra a month to have internet access and now they want me to pay an additional $15-20 a month to use that same internet on a different device I already own.
 
cartisdm said:
I'm a little confused. Something querky must be going on here. If you connect and use the WIFI w/out rooting you're automatically directed to the Verizon "Pay Us Money For This Feature" page.
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The instructions are in the first post for how to circumvent that. :)

You shouldn't get any of those annoying redirects once you go through the steps.
 
B92MOR said:
The instructions are in the first post for how to circumvent that. :)

You shouldn't get any of those annoying redirects once you go through the steps.
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Ha! Sorry, I was thinking this was a different thread. I was reading at work with a tiny little window open :) My bad!
 
it works great for me, just gonna use the internet for a day and wait for my bill and see if they caught it, if not, im set
 
ok those are the most confusing directions i have every heard in my life.

What do you mean "do##778" dial it?

And where are all these settings? Are these in the 3g hotspot app?
 
You just have to click Phone and dial ##778 and it will ask View or Edit.. click edit. then for the a password type 000000
 
when i hit commit changes i lose all cell reception, then it tries to commit and says it can't because it can't connect.

What happened?
 
jojo54696 said:
when i hit commit changes i lose all cell reception, then it tries to commit and says it can't because it can't connect.

What happened?
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The same thing happened to me on my first attempted and I got scared but when I put the dun. Back and hit commit it powered off and I got my bars back. I tried again any erased the dun. For the second time and hit commit and it powered off and when I turned it back on I had service still. I think the first attempted I did I forgot to delete the (.)

So I followed the steps and I managed to connect the laptop to my phone. And I think I did it right cause it didn't go to a VZW page it actually went to the webpage I wanted to go to. If it goes the VZW I did it wrong correct?
 
qwerty4030 said:
Works great on 2.2 upgraded using the official updat.zip. Using the stock hotspot app and wpa2.
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I don't know what I am doing wrong because I followed the instructions at the top of this thread and I get no connection at all. My laptop finds the htc network. It connects but I have no internet access. I get page is unavailable....check network settings.

Is this only for root users?:confused:
 
Do you need to do this everytime u want to use it? or u can continuously use it without having to do all that everytime?
 
Got all the way to clicking connect on my laptop and then and it asks for a security key or passphrase. Tried the 1234567890 and that doesn't work. What's next?
 
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