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Droid Tethering

I'm anxiously awaiting my trip to pick up my droid. I am curious, though, if anybody has tried tethering, using PDAnet or otherwise? I depend on tethering for internet access, currently with my moto q.

I may just have to pick it up anyway, I can't wait. If it doesn't work right now, I can just reactivate the q and route wifi to the droid.

***Update***

Tethering Works for PC's

1. Download & Install USB and PC Charging Drivers from Motorola

2. Download & Install PDANet Beta version 2.01 for android

3. Revel in the speed of your tethered droid, and the knowledge that you don't have to wait for vzw's tethering app

***Edit #2: Install each of these on your computer, not your droid. Follow the instructions in the PDANet installer
 
iv connected to my wireless network thru my droid and it works wonders. not hard to setup at all. just turn it on select ur available network and input the wep code. if u have one that is. loads pages pretty fast too. then again my internet is pretty fast lol.
 
I just attempted it with PdaNet and it failed during installation. Sent email to tech support.
 
meekrab said:
I'm anxiously awaiting my trip to pick up my droid. I am curious, though, if anybody has tried tethering, using PDAnet or otherwise? I depend on tethering for internet access, currently with my moto q.

I may just have to pick it up anyway, I can't wait. If it doesn't work right now, I can just reactivate the q and route wifi to the droid.
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I believe that tethering costs an extra 30 dollars a month, just FYI.
 
if tethering is just connecting to the internet with ur phone than its included in the required 29.99 data plan. if not then i dont no wat it is lol
 
Tethering is connecting your PDA to a computer as a modem.

It is not yet supported by Verizon and when it is it will be an extra $15 a month.

I'm hoping we have other options while VZW sorts their end out.
 
Tethering is using your phone to provide wireless internet access to your computer. I dont believe this is available at launch on the Droid, but should be soon (I hope).
 
Wakey said:
Tethering is connecting your PDA to a computer as a modem.

It is not yet supported by Verizon and when it is it will be an extra $15 a month.

I'm hoping we have other options while VZW sorts their end out.
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It will be an extra $30 a month. They came out with that news today.
 
Can anyone else post confirmation that the got PDANet to work on their Droid to tether and connect other devices to the internet via the Droid.

I had a Droid I reserved in my hand today but just couldn't pull the trigger if I was giving up tethering, it was too much of a risk for me (backup internet connection).

Before I deactivate my currently working device for a Droid I need to be dead certain that people are getting unofficial tethering working!

Great news none the less though!
 
wbbgjr said:
You must download the driver from Motorola.

USB and PC Charging Drivers - Motorola USA

Then install PDAnet.

By the way, the driver is described as it provides charging ability to usb also. So without the driver it doesn't charge?
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Thank you very much!

Also, PDAnet tech told me to use this BETA version 2.01 made for the Droid so I also installed this new version of PDAnet. PdaNet -- Use your Android as a USB Modem



tomwrightjm said:
Can anyone else post confirmation that the got PDANet to work on their Droid to tether and connect other devices to the internet via the Droid.
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It's working and much faster than my Moto Q ever dreamed of.

I'll reply to this thread again in a few days with my observations, which for the last 30 minutes are excellent!

My processor is working so I might have been downloading an update while this test ran, not sure.







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eL777 said:
cost involved? $30 a month... or is there a way to do this without verizon knowing you're tethering?
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The $30 a month is Verizon's tethering service (which isn't going to be ready until 2010). This app allows tethering on the phone and so as long as you're not going over 5GB a month with constant 24 hour use, Verizon shouldn't know--I read the agreement and it says they can terminate if and only if you're uh... not using it for what it was intended (email, internet, app downloads)
 
QrafTee said:
The $30 a month is Verizon's tethering service (which isn't going to be ready until 2010). This app allows tethering on the phone and so as long as you're not going over 5GB a month with constant 24 hour use, Verizon shouldn't know--I read the agreement and it says they can terminate if and only if you're uh... not using it for what it was intended (email, internet, app downloads)
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So if I understand this correctly I can buy PDAnet and remain on the 29.99 data plan without any additional cost from Verizon? The key would be staying below the 5gb per month data usage.
 
You actually don't download anything directly to the phone, follow the link above to the pdanet website and download the beta version. Follow the directions as listed in the first post and in the PDAnet installation package. It works perfectly, and realllly fast.

I'm getting 1.3 mbps consistently, worlds better than my Q.
 
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