cornfedboy2000
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Installed Android Wireless tethering application... it works great. My question is, has anyone had any issues with being billed for it from Verizon? (getting caught)
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Root tethering
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Its all about what you tether and how much. If you use a bunch of data, like 7-8 gigs + per month at some point you are going to attract attention to yourself and they are going to look at assigned IP addresses and browser strings. If they notice unusual IP addresses and obvious desktop browser strings they may say something about it.
If you are tethering a little cause you're on the road and wifi isn't available then they probably wont notice. If you are planning to replace your home internet provider with phone tethering that's probably not going to work.
I use it to provide internet to my Dell tablet. Even if my internet use gets audited it will only show mobile device browser strings.
Of course your experience might be completely different. I'm sure at some point VZW will crack down on it hard but they have not yet.
If you are tethering a little cause you're on the road and wifi isn't available then they probably wont notice. If you are planning to replace your home internet provider with phone tethering that's probably not going to work.
I use it to provide internet to my Dell tablet. Even if my internet use gets audited it will only show mobile device browser strings.
Of course your experience might be completely different. I'm sure at some point VZW will crack down on it hard but they have not yet.
Murdernikl
Lurker
I have not rooted my phone. I have a droid tablet & I have tethered it using foxy but it won't let me go on the internet. It says connected but no access to the net.
Murdernikl
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Do I need to root in order to tether wirelessly?
buffal0b1ll
Newbie
You can't WiFi tether for free without root. But you can still tether without paying VZ $20/mo even if you're not rooted. Read the post I put up on http://androidforums.com/casio-g-zone-commando/560893-free-tethering-no-root-commando.html about tethering for free.
For now, you can't root if your Commando Software version is M100 or higher (M80 will root). But in the WiFi tether department, even the rooted Commandos only can tether WiFi as an adhoc network (which many devices, e.g. most tablets, can't connect to without rooting and hacking them too). Before I got an unrootable M100 replacement phone, I had a rooted Commando and used to use 2 free Wifi tethering apps, "Wifi Tethering" (the original Open Garden wifi tether version) and "WiFi Tether for Root Users". They both worked great. They were virtually the same interface, but the WiFiTether app allowed you to broadcast over Bluetooth as well so if you had a tablet that couldn't connect to the adhoc WiFi, you could still connect over BT. I miss those days but have learned to live with my non-rooted Commado happily.
For now, you can't root if your Commando Software version is M100 or higher (M80 will root). But in the WiFi tether department, even the rooted Commandos only can tether WiFi as an adhoc network (which many devices, e.g. most tablets, can't connect to without rooting and hacking them too). Before I got an unrootable M100 replacement phone, I had a rooted Commando and used to use 2 free Wifi tethering apps, "Wifi Tethering" (the original Open Garden wifi tether version) and "WiFi Tether for Root Users". They both worked great. They were virtually the same interface, but the WiFiTether app allowed you to broadcast over Bluetooth as well so if you had a tablet that couldn't connect to the adhoc WiFi, you could still connect over BT. I miss those days but have learned to live with my non-rooted Commado happily.