I've had the phone for 3 days and love it, especially now that I have FINALLY (after much hair tearing) got PDAnet to work so that now I can (I hope) discontnue my internet service from the rip-off provider (Brighthouse of Florida). I have a question: Is the phone supposed to get warm? It's not alarmingly hot, but it's pretty warm.
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greg4android
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Yes, the phone can and does get "warm" sometimes due to
(1) charging the phone does warm-up the battery which does add warmth.
(2) When the phone is hunting for a 3G signal, this can make it warm up as well. More when you're in a not so good reception area, the phone is having to use more power to fetch and use the signal.
I've had a virgin Mobile USB760 internet device which always ran hot.
No need to worry.
(1) charging the phone does warm-up the battery which does add warmth.
(2) When the phone is hunting for a 3G signal, this can make it warm up as well. More when you're in a not so good reception area, the phone is having to use more power to fetch and use the signal.
I've had a virgin Mobile USB760 internet device which always ran hot.
No need to worry.
gobluejd
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If your tethering in would say yesmor anytime your cranking it. If it is just sitting on charger or in your pocket than no.
Also welcome to the forums.
I am not sure if I am "tethered." I downloaded PDAnet and had to do much clicking of this and that on the phone and on the laptop to get it to work and the phone has to be connected to the laptop with the USB cord. If I disconnect the phone from the laptop I am not longer connected to the internet. So I guess I am tethered with PDAnet but I am not creating a WiFi hotspot?
Thanks to all on this forum. Without your help I'd be lost. And it's great to be able to post somewhat stupid or at least very beginner-ish questions and get helpful (and not snotty) answers.
Thanks to all on this forum. Without your help I'd be lost. And it's great to be able to post somewhat stupid or at least very beginner-ish questions and get helpful (and not snotty) answers.
gobluejd
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In the case you just explained you are tethering. I would say it getting warm when doing this is typical. As far as just being connected to pc and just charging (PDA net not running) it should not get hot.
Also there is no stupid question. Just search first. More than likely someon has or had the same issue. We were all beginners at one point. No worries.
gobluejd
GOBLUE!
Partially agree with you. I pay for my tether. However it is no different than a MiFi. Lots of mobile users use tethering wether they pay for it or not. I would not say it is non-standard.
greg4android
Android Enthusiast
I have to agree that using your Optimus V as your primary internet source is probably not a good idea (hence what the OP suggestd about cancelling their ISP and using tethering is potentially a bad idea)
I use the hotspot once in a while, but only for surfin or checking email (nothing that would raise any usage flags).
Some folks go ga-ga on the "unlimited" term. Look at what happened on the "broadband2go unlimited". that didn't last long at all. i heard stories of people sucking 60-70GB thru that device. No wonder VM limited it to 2.5/5GB now).
I use the hotspot once in a while, but only for surfin or checking email (nothing that would raise any usage flags).
Some folks go ga-ga on the "unlimited" term. Look at what happened on the "broadband2go unlimited". that didn't last long at all. i heard stories of people sucking 60-70GB thru that device. No wonder VM limited it to 2.5/5GB now).
gobluejd
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I take that back. I did not see where he said he was replacing his main ISP. I would not use the phone for that. Just when out and about. Not for main.
Sorry guys. Tired and it's late.
Mine gets hot when it's tethered with the USB and being used by PdaNet. When I'm not connected to the internet and it's just being charged via the computer, it doesn't get hot.
BTW, has anyone noticed how freaking long it takes the phone to charge using the computer, or is it just me?
Also, are there any free USB-tethering alternatives to PdaNet that allow access to secured sites? My phone's rooted.
Methinks I have ruffled some feathers! I use my PDAnet to connect to the internet once in the morning for about 45 minutes to an hour, and I do it again in the evening for about 45 minutes to an hour. That's not too piggy, is it? I do this to check my gmail (I like the big laptop screen much better than my phone's screen), to read a few items on Drudge Report, and look at a few other sites. I don't do any heavy downloading or watch streaming movies. To give one example, I tried watching a movie from Amazon and it was so painful (many stops while it is waiting) I will not do it again.
Here's another newbie question. Are PDAnet and WiFi hotspot two different apps? Am I right that when you use PDA net you have to connect the phone to the laptop (with the USB cord) but when you use WiFi hotspot you do not have to be connected to the laptop? Sorry if I sound ******ed.
Here's another newbie question. Are PDAnet and WiFi hotspot two different apps? Am I right that when you use PDA net you have to connect the phone to the laptop (with the USB cord) but when you use WiFi hotspot you do not have to be connected to the laptop? Sorry if I sound ******ed.
xbrokdikdogx
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I find it rather amusing how people act. I can at least understand why a person who doesn't tether would try to act like tethering is wrong but those of you who say the OP's tethering will interfere with your tethering. If he is ruining the beyond talk plan for your tethering, then you are ruining the beyond talk plan for those who don't tether. Why not just pay your bill and use your data plan how you see fit? Otherwise you end up looking like fools. If he is wrong for tethering, then so are you. Those of you who believe that it is right for a carrier to charge you more to use an app on your phone should just keep paying your carrier's fees and never try to figure out what makes that data different from the data you already paid for.
Yes, two different things. WiFi hotspot or Wifi tethering doesn't require you to be connected to your laptop with the USB cord. The laptop's built-in wireless pick-up-thingy detects the phone like it would any wireless modem, and so you can select that and connect to the internet.
Come again? A smartphone's primary purpose is to make phone calls and let the person holding the phone text and use email and the web. A MiFi's only purpose is to provide tethering, on the other hand. How could the two be equivalent?
Doubtful, at least as a percentage of all users. Any feature that (a) is not documented and (b) can only be activated through third-party software will only be used by a small fraction of users.
This only makes sense if you look at the world like a lawyer, i.e., always in legalistic terms.
If, on the other hand, you were to look at the world like an economist or businessperson, i.e., in bottom-line terms, you should be able to see a HUGE difference.
Occasional tethering purely for convenience doesn't cost VM a thing. Example: other than to test if it works, I have only used tethering to use the keyboard of my Nokia N810. When I do this, I actually use less data than I would use completing the same tasks on the V (because the excellent hardware keyboard on the N810 allows me to enter more URLs directly with few typos and without having to go through search engines).
Tethering for the sake of batch-downloading and/or streaming lots of data to several devices DOES cost VM money, on the other hand.
gobluejd
GOBLUE!
What are you talking about? My OLD HTC Incredible and my HTC Thunderbolt are and were advertised as a mobile hotspot, which is the same as wifi. And on top of my Tbolt can do data and talk at same time. It certainly is advertised that way.
If you have a tbolt there is no need for a mifi.
greg4android
Android Enthusiast
With all due respect for the original OP, they stated later this was not their intention.
JohannFu followed up by stating "Methinks I have ruffled some feathers! I use my PDAnet to connect to the internet once in the morning for about 45 minutes to an hour, and I do it again in the evening for about 45 minutes to an hour. That's not too piggy, is it? I do this to check my gmail (I like the big laptop screen much better than my phone's screen), to read a few items on Drudge Report, and look at a few other sites. I don't do any heavy downloading or watch streaming movies."
Why don't we put this discussion to rest?
JohannFu followed up by stating "Methinks I have ruffled some feathers! I use my PDAnet to connect to the internet once in the morning for about 45 minutes to an hour, and I do it again in the evening for about 45 minutes to an hour. That's not too piggy, is it? I do this to check my gmail (I like the big laptop screen much better than my phone's screen), to read a few items on Drudge Report, and look at a few other sites. I don't do any heavy downloading or watch streaming movies."
Why don't we put this discussion to rest?
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