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Root Bye Bye Wireless Tether...

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I'm still seeing Klink, Easy Tether, Wireless Tether, Barnicle, ect... when viewing market via the web.
 
I think I may be a little behind in the times with some things. I know most cell phones these days can get on the internet and some, if not most, cell phones can be used as cable modems (tethering).

Can someone explain to me what the controversy over this wireless tethering is all about? Is it because people don't want to pay for the data package from their carrier but somehow found a way to use it anyway or something?
 
There is a lot of debate and you can search and find these, but the quick version is:

Since Verizon offers a 3G Mobile Hotspot subscription for a cost to use your phone as a hotspot for other devices you should have this in other to tether. Wireless tether and other applications like this would do the same thing and by pass having to have a subscription.
 
What bugs me about this is, wireless tethering isn't against any rules. I can have my phone connected to wifi, and I can wirelessly tether my laptop to it and not be voiding my data plan or contract or anything.

In today's world, sure, there's almost never a reason to do this-- if your computer can wirelessly connect to your phone, it can connect to the wifi your phone's using. But it's still a legitimate use for it. And I CAN think of one or two rare examples where I'd want to use this (say I'm in a spotty wifi connection, I can put my phone up high on a dresser to get a better signal and connect my computer to my phone). Or maybe your phone has saved the password to a wifi hotspot, but your computer hasn't, and you don't know the password.

edit: so I think them removing the apps from the market sucks, but as I've stated in other posts, I still support their right to do it-- their market, they choose what goes on it. But still, pretty lame Google.
 
I think the problem is they can't find a way to legitimately charge you for something that you can do for free. So they are removing the "free" from the equation. After all, cell phones today are all about the mighty dollar for them.
 
sonofaresiii said:
What bugs me about this is, wireless tethering isn't against any rules. I can have my phone connected to wifi, and I can wirelessly tether my laptop to it and not be voiding my data plan or contract or anything.

In today's world, sure, there's almost never a reason to do this-- if your computer can wirelessly connect to your phone, it can connect to the wifi your phone's using. But it's still a legitimate use for it. And I CAN think of one or two rare examples where I'd want to use this (say I'm in a spotty wifi connection, I can put my phone up high on a dresser to get a better signal and connect my computer to my phone). Or maybe your phone has saved the password to a wifi hotspot, but your computer hasn't, and you don't know the password.

edit: so I think them removing the apps from the market sucks, but as I've stated in other posts, I still support their right to do it-- their market, they choose what goes on it. But still, pretty lame Google.
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Using WiFi Tether apps does not allow your PC to access other WIFI hotspots through your phone, it turns your phone into a WIFI hotspot...... thus allowing you to connect your PC to your phone via WIFI and access the internet through the cell providers 3G services.
 
sonofaresiii said:
What bugs me about this is, wireless tethering isn't against any rules. I can have my phone connected to wifi, and I can wirelessly tether my laptop to it and not be voiding my data plan or contract or anything.

In today's world, sure, there's almost never a reason to do this-- if your computer can wirelessly connect to your phone, it can connect to the wifi your phone's using. But it's still a legitimate use for it. And I CAN think of one or two rare examples where I'd want to use this (say I'm in a spotty wifi connection, I can put my phone up high on a dresser to get a better signal and connect my computer to my phone). Or maybe your phone has saved the password to a wifi hotspot, but your computer hasn't, and you don't know the password.

edit: so I think them removing the apps from the market sucks, but as I've stated in other posts, I still support their right to do it-- their market, they choose what goes on it. But still, pretty lame Google.
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Yes it is against the rules, it's stated in your TOS.
 
Airmaxx23 said:
Yes it is against the rules, it's stated in your TOS.
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Okay, I could be mistaken, but-- what exactly does it say is against the rules?

trav473 said:
Using WiFi Tether apps does not allow your PC to access other WIFI hotspots through your phone, it turns your phone into a WIFI hotspot...... thus allowing you to connect your PC to your phone via WIFI and access the internet through the cell providers 3G services.
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It allows my computer to access the internet through cell providers 3g services... OR the wifi hotspot I've got my phone connected to. That's my point. I can turn off all data, connect my phone to wifi, connect my computer to my phone, and I'm good to go-- no 3g being used at all.
 
sonofaresiii said:
Okay, I could be mistaken, but-- what exactly does it say is against the rules?



It allows my computer to access the internet through cell providers 3g services... OR the wifi hotspot I've got my phone connected to. That's my point. I can turn off all data, connect my phone to wifi, connect my computer to my phone, and I'm good to go-- no 3g being used at all.
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Why not just connect the computer to wifi directly rather than going through the phone first?
 
This is the only legitimate way, imo, that the carriers can make a stance against tethering.

It's a slippery slope, though.

If one of the carriers decides that they want to offer a $10/month alternative keyboard, are they going to remove all of the other alternative keyboards from the market so that I have to use theirs?
 
twistedlim said:
wireless tether creates a wifi hotspot, that is what VZ does not want you to do unless you pay for that access.
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I was asking sonofaresiii why he connects his phone to wifi and then connects his computer to the phones wifi rather than get the wifi for the computer directly.
 
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