pdaNet Still Using Data

[Kamau]

It was my understanding that this app would not increease the data usage, yet when I used it my data usage did go up. Is my understanding wrong, or have I done something incorrectly? I was using it through a usb cable.

 

[Benjie]

No, what it does is keeps them from knowing you are Internetting using a device attached to your device.

 

[Kamau]

Ok, so then my 2g limit is still in effect then, right?

 

[wayrad]

Any data you use will apply to any limit you may have. Doesn't matter what the data is used for.

 

[Kamau]

Bummer, but thanks.

 

[takeshi]

You can't bypass your data plan if you're tethering. The data doesn't just come from nowhere.

 

[Kamau]

Im not worried about that. I pay for unlimited data, now I find out that its not unlimited. I also pay extra to tether, and now I find out its a limit to that before they slow me down.

 

[sitlet]

I also pay extra to tether,

If you are paying your carrier to tether, you should use your carrier's hotspot/tether app. PDAnet is for those of us who dont pay our carriers.

 

[Kamau]

If you are paying your carrier to tether, you should use your carrier's hotspot/tether app. PDAnet is for those of us who dont pay our carriers.

This Android thing is gonna take some getting use to I see.
I was under the wrong impression about pdaNet. I do pay to tether, but I thought the app was to get around the 2g limit. I'm glad I got the free version first.

 

[sitlet]

Yep, PDAnet still uses data. The point of it is, it kind of "disguises" the tethering. So your carrier thinks you are just using data on your phone, not your computer.