Verizon Mobile Hotspot App on Sprint devices: Works, but Takes Work 119
It's no secret that the Verizon Palm Pre Plus and Palm Pixi Plus will be able to use a special Mobile Hotspot application. The application will essentially turn the phone into a MiFi, supporting connections from up to 5 wi-fi devices at once. Wouldn't it be great to have that on non-Verizon device? With a little homebrewed love, it's possible, but honestly at this stage we recommend the vast majority of users wait on the sidelines to see how things shake out.
Read on for the details.
User reports seem to indicate the Mobile Hotspot application was available on the App Catalog for a short amount of time before disappearing. Evidently it was up for enough time for people to grab the ipk file and dissect it. Called com.palm.app.mobilehotspotupdatepre_1.0.3_all.ipk, it isn't the Mobile Hotspot app itself, but instead is an installer. Launching it will install 2 ipk files to device's root partition as well as an ipk file called com.palm.app.mobileh
You'll need a little homebrew app called freeTether. For those who don't know, freeTether is an in-development (but very stable) free tethering app from the folks at WebOS-Internals which installs safely and operates effectively. However, since it's still in the testing feed, it's not yet downloadable in Preware. For now, you can download freeTether app from here and the freeTetherD Linux daemon here: Pre, Pixi, emulator.
The rest is pretty simple. Whenever you want to use Mobile Hotspot, go into freeTether first and switch IP Forwarding to enabled. Mobile Hotspot will then work fine. When you're done with using Mobile Hotspot, it's just as simple: turn it off and go into freeTether to disable the IP Forwarding.
It's still quite exciting to see the Mobile Hotspot app getting a larger audience than just Verizon, especially give how much quality Palm put into it. The legalities and costs of putting that software on a Sprint device and tethering with your phone without the proper plan are, well, let's just call them "less than clear." In other words, it's probably best to at least wait until freeTether gets fully baked rather than try to hunt down the less-than-freely-available Mobile Hotspot ipk. Otherwise, when your next Sprint bill comes, don't say we didn't warn you.
Update: There's now a patch available that you can use instead of freeTether (though freeTetherD is still needed) which will automatically set IP forwarding for you.
Thanks to jp22382 for the tip!
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This is what im talking about!! How do we get this on our Sprint devices??
Did you read the article?
ive read the article and still dont understand how 2 get the hotspot i got free tether fine bt the rest im clueless can someone please givea better explaination maybe im the slow one bt would need it still broken down for you may hit me back either in respond or my email wess580@gmail.com
REALLY!?? "how do i get this on my device"......read man, read. as of right now i think i will pass. wait to see what happens to those that install it. By the way, great job to the homebrew community for making this available to the originators of the pre!
I got a bit excited! A chill pill would work for ya right now! I tried it and it works wonders. And tells you who's connected and all that good stuff!!
about the end of the review there sprint never charges you for data, to have the pre you need the cock sucker delux package..(aka ulimitated) I have been using My Tether since it came out, about 16gb of data a month and I have never seen an extra charge! I'm starting to feel like everyone at precentral has verizons dick in there mouth or something.. All these reviews pumping up verizon and then dogging sprint every chance they get?? Verizon is over priced! They charge you for every service.... They nickle and dime you like crazy... So what's verizon doing for you guys? What kick backs did you get? Cause if your pumping up them for nothing really show how stupid you are!
Get over it. They are just warning us that there could be data charges. Hell, I have called Sprint on 3 separate occasions and talked to 3 different people and received 3 different answers on exactly what unlimited means. I was told anywhere from 300mb monthly (the pre eats this up on its own) would put a red flag by Sprint, all the way up to unlimited is exactly that unlimited. And every forum I read it changes.
And this is a Palm WebOS site. The WebOS devices are on multiple carriers now so this site will not be just about Sprint customers.... It will also be about customers on Verison and possibly AT&T soon. And the fact of the matter is Sprint does not allow tethering and Version does. Yes you can get away with it but there is always the chance that you will not.
PS: I like Sprint also for all the services they provide and for the cost too. The coverage is a bit spotty, but worth it for the services and cost.
You remind me, that's a big one as far as tethering disclaimers go (300 MB)...
If you're going to tether, it's best to disable roaming. There is a clear line of 300 MB of roaming data drawn. Go over that on roaming data and you will have overages.
And 300 MB is easy to go over while tethering. Best to make sure you simply can't roam first.
Thanks for the correction, now that you mention it I do believe it had to do with data roaming on the 300 MB limit.
Wow. Blog comprehension FTW, man. Everyone around here (okay, ~80% according to the poll), including the editors and homebrewers, have been saying Sprint's still the bee's knees.
Verizon getting the Pre is going to land them quite a bit of new attention and discussion for a while. No big whoop.
This article itself isn't so much pro-Verizon as it is, "Thanks for this app, Palm/VZW! Love, everyone still using Sprint."
You can't take that 80% staying with Sprint to heart like it appears you are. This site is heavly weighted with Sprint users. Until other carriers customers have WebOS phones or are maybe shopping for them... they are very unlikely to find this poll. Because of past wrongs on Sprints part I would dump Sprint in a heart beat for equal service/charges if they exsisted. But they don't so I answered that I would stay with Sprint. *IF* the plan price wars bring down other carriers service costs. I and I think (based on Sprint stock prices falling) that many others would bail.
Sure I can. I was specifically referring to the bias of those who are already hanging out around this website today. That 80% goes counter to buckly024's saying everyone here is a VZW preacher.
Is there any advantage to using this versus myTether? I've been using myTether for a few months and it works great. It just sucks having to install a patch that disables the camera whenever I want to use it.
There's the advantage of not having to disable your camera, for one.
This is the right way to deal with tethering. Mytether has become a real mess with patching, disabling the camera, rebooting, and most importantly- breaking with every OS update.
Summary from reading all the posts (at 10am EST):
* It is a Palm-provided package
* It is helped/enabled by a third party package which is open source
* It is likely to not break with updates
* It acts like a real access point, not Ad-hoc like mytether
* Doesn't interfere with other functionality at all
* Needs nothing running in a card, nor reboots, nor patching
* People have gotten it to work
* It supports WGA in addition to WEP
* App even shows you who is connected
* This is really early, so give it some time
(Put usual disclaimers about using tethering here... be responsible, be fair, be wary, etc)
Thanks crxssi, it definitely sounds like this is the way to go over myTether. You're right, the patching, disabling the camera, rebooting is a real pain.
I might have to give this a shot.
It doesnt work for everyone, but sounds great.. I wish i was one of the ones this was working for, lol.
the only way it wouldn't work for you is if your device's webOS files are damaged. How do you mean it wasn't working?
me dont like it.. if implemented sprint will soon be charging for unlimited data.
Sprint already charges for unlimited data. They just charge a flat fee. If this goes bad, Sprint will charge more for unlimited data, or won't have an unlimited data plan.
I think the same rules apply as for MyTether, though: If people use the power responsibly, and don't go apesh*t with it, it'll be okay. I certainly wouldn't use it to play World of Warcraft on your laptop, though.
Which is why it infuriates me when people post about how they use tethering all the time and how many endless gigabytes they download over it. Indeed those type of people are going to ruin it for everyone.
Some people just want or need tethering for emergencies, or for occasional use when out in nowhere-land. Those people can't justify spending tons of additional money every month for something they MIGHT need on occasion; especially when their Sprint bill for a single phone (after insurance and taxes) is over $90/month!
It is my hope that this new project has lots of disclaimers about responsible use (including in the app itself). Plus, I hope it isn't TOO easy to get it working (how is that for ironic).
how is your bill over 90 bucks? the base price 70 plus 7 for insurance and maybe 3 for taxes and surchargesso 80 not 90... unless u live on the east coast where your taxes are way more and your freedoms way less!!!!
I looked at my bill. It is $83.44:
$69.99 everything 450 plan
$7.00 insurance
$2.73 Sprint "surcharges"
$3.72 taxes
If you are on the 900 or unlimited min plan, it will most certainly be over $90. And that is for ONE PHONE. Even though Sprint is the "best price" for such plans, that is still a LOT of money every month. It is close to my average natural gas bill and approaches my average electric bill. It is way more than my home phone. It is twice as much has my 20Mb/s home internet connection, and more than my cable TV bill. Way more than my car insurance, too.
As for living on the east cost being less freedom and more taxes? Compared to where?? Kalifornia??? You need to get real.
did u know sprint gives discounts for alot of stuff like if u bank with a credit union 10% off or work for different business?... up to 18% off...... californa no but like idaho 6% sales tax... yup yup
Thankfully, I just recently got a 20% discount through where I work (although it only covers the plan, not insurance, minutes, etc). Every bit helps. But most people are not eligible for discounts. And it still doesn't change my point- modern cell phone bills like this are very expensive; expecting people to double it just to have occasional tethering is insane.
And Virginia is very "east coast" and has a 5% sales tax... So your point was?
well i made a mistake.... i have 4 phones and pay about 170 with insurance on all phones and i get a 18% discount... if i wanted the same on verizon it would cost over 250 and i still would have a lil less than i do now... plus i would have to buy bottles of rogain to fix my hair after i pull it out dealing with verizon customer service.... sprint is not that spendy, i look at it different.... i know my bill wont go up cause i could never go over even if i tried, and the customer service is so friendly. they fix your problem and give u a service credit and send u on your way... (for u verizon customers a service credit is when they give u money...lol)
Was going to post the same thing. These discounts aren't advertised, even by employer most of the time.
I work at a state university and get 10% off. Just enough that it cancels all the taxes/fees. My $69.99 plan runs me just under $69 every month.
I've been tethering on Sprint for the longest using WM.
Lets at least give credit to MyTether for being there when we needed it :)
let's not. I could go on an on about Aonic and MyTether, but I'd rather keep the comments civil. Mobile Hotspot is a pretty sweet app, so let's give it the respect it, and Palm, deserves.
I have to agree with Jason- Aonic came on the scene with a closed-source app, and asking for "donations" that were not donations- they were essentially forced. Since it is a mostly one-man show, development is very slow so every time it gets broken with another update, it can take days or even weeks for it to work right again.... and usually with some other functionality lost or new limitation.
At this point, it is basically a hack-job. I suspect he is trying to use old WiFi modules from old WebOS versions, and at some point soon, it will break completely.
well, let's not imply closed source solo developers are always bad ;) WebOS Quick Install is closed source and all my software have been solo jobs, lol
Oh, I am not implying that :) But I think you know where I am coming from, at least regarding the whole mytether thing...
i think it works good, does the job for me.
crxssi, oh yea, definitely know what ya mean :)
That would probably be the worst thing sprint could EVER do...they would bleed customers like mad if their prices were comparable to Verizons. No...I dont think they would charge extra for unlimited data. They have a great hold over how good their pricing is.
Once people ruin it for everyone by abusing it, Sprint will likely do one or more of the following:
* Work with Palm to put more restrictions in the phone, making it much, much harder for third-party apps to tether.
* Analyze logs and be more aggressive going after people who are using "too much" data.
* Lower the size of the threshold before they go after people.
* Put in secret patches that try to identify customers who tether without the appropriately expensive plan/hardware.
* Drop "unlimited data" and start charging per MB.
* Throttle speeds on people using "too much" data
While I think it is "evil" for Sprint to not have a tether plan on WebOS phones, to waaaay overcharge for sharing devices, and if they go after casual users; you have to understand that if they don't protect their business model, they won't exist and/or their network will be trashed. How fast and reliable do you think your phone's data connection would be if everyone, everywhere, used gobs of continuous data all the time? Look at what the iPhone did to AT&T's network *without* tethering.
just to let uk users know it works fine on my uk o2 pre, love the fact it still runs even when you throw the cards away
I wonder if Sprint Management reads this stuff, and what they think!
Yes, they definitely do. SSDD.
Jason, I have a lot respect for you as a developer and as a gentleman.
I've got unlimited everything from Sprint, and unless I'm going to stream movies 5 hrs/day thru my Pre, I don't see how this can cause an issue. Are these data warnings for people wanting to shut off their home internet & use Sprint for EVERYTHING?
Either there's a lot of abusers out there or I'm missing something. Getting ready to do this, should I be worried w/ 5 hrs. of tethering a week for "normal" web use?
i would not worry at all, sprint is not going to change anythig... to all the worry warts sprint is not like verizon, they actually like there customers. and sprints network can handle alot more data
5 hrs a week of "normal" (not full-time youtube streaming) web browsing use is certainly not going to raise an eyebrow.
The people abusing it are illegally downloading multimedia junk, run torrents, and using it as their "main" Internet connection for their house and such.
Unfortunately, there are probably more people abusing it than you think. And it doesn't take many to make a mess for everyone else. Using your example of 5 hours of light web use, a single abuser could easily account for 100 or more of you. Do you believe that at least 1% of people could/would/do abuse that way? I do.... especially when I see repeated bragging posts about how these people are using 10, 20, 50 or more GB each month.
DAMN! I guess webos uses more data running full sites, but I have yet to get to one gigabyte on my sanyo scp-3200
Case in point- just legally downloading a SINGLE, full DVD iso of a Linux distro could be 4GB right there. Illegally downloading a SINGLE HD video rip could be 6GB.
"Normal" web browsing, Email, IM, etc, especially on a phone, doesn't eat that much bandwidth. But if you tether it and start treating it like a high-speed home connection, multimedia can account for a HUGE amount of data.
WebOS users ARE likely to use much more data, just like iPhone & Android users, simply because the browsers are SO MUCH BETTER than on previous phones. And when Flash is forced on us... it would probably double the average data usage yet again.
oh im sorry, i guess ill stop bragging about my 15gb so far
Works with all PSPs:
Say hello to online play in the car :)
Whats stupid is I don't get why precentral is reporting on this, didn't palm jump on precentral/homebrew to not promote tethering on the sprint device?
who cares last time i checked this was the USA... thanx precentral
exactly, its not like the majority of WebOS users are reading tech blogs anyway. Palm needs the homebrew community, just as much as we need them, i'm sure they'll understand!
EXACTLY!!!! we are the Guinea pigs for the first webos phone and we influenced them to fix this and that, developed apps when they were slow with it and now it takes aonics to develop a wi-fi app and now they are doing it to compete with him. no wonder aonics uped the charge to 15 dollars.
we are helping palm succeed and palm is helping us to succeed. and from what i remember, its like roughly 1-2% of total users on sprint network who are tech savey and know the game. i dont think it bothers them too much but does bother them. now if it was 30 percent then yeah id jack the price too.
it kinda makes me chuckle though i met an old guy in his 50's who had a centro and showed up at the sprint store at day one of palm pre and told me hes not gunna switch till theres a teathering app cause he loves his usbmodem on palmos. lol.
you have to think though, palm doesnt care about carriers as much as its own success. they have influence but not much because well, demand will ultimately make the final decision. each of them has thier "turn your head and cough" method but if sprint started policing everything, do you know how many people would litterally walk away because we keep getting these carriers business by promoting them. i dont think sprint wants to lose more customers because they are policing them. verizon has too many and can afford it however, but sprint owns alot of IP and ALOT of fiber, thats why data is so cheap and personally i dont think it much they look at but to say that the common person understands not to use it
Waww works like a charm
OK I have 25% discount for goverment employees, but I need to ask the question...how fast is the "mi-fi" connection. As it is when I install Preware I have to kiss the app catalog good bye because it will not download or update. I tried doing the things suggested on forums...I ended up doing a reset and just uninstall Preware. I am on Pre #4 since my first PRE bought June 6th, I am seriouly thinking that replacing every two months just isn't cutting it for me, yes I understand it is first generation and YES I LOVE MY PRE...when it is working. Android looks sweet guys....I have until June to see if they have issues like Pre has had for me. I do plan on staying on Sprint, with my family plan and the fact we never go close to minutes...I mean most calls to all 4 lines are mobile to mobile (free on Sprint). I pay $172 a month dived it by 4 and hell of a good deal.
Mark my words, ladies and gentlemen: Sprint will have an answer to Verizon's 3G tethering plan, and they will do it for less money.
And remember that they do offer truly unlimited data on wimax, so it's just a matter of time when they won't even care about 3g data. They ready don't count 1x data on your "unlimited" plans (except for roaming) so I would expect to see them make all data plans truly unlimited in the near future. And if it is try unlimited, they won't care about tethering anymore either, and there won't be the need for a special tethering plan.
yet another reason why sprint is better than verizon.... Sprint knows about people tethering they just don't care.. You know why? Cause there the now network
"You know why? Cause there the now network"
rofl
loving this i have a plam pre for sprint i this thing work better than mytether...i am so happy
Does this program also Tether by USB? Or is it only a WiFi Tethering program?
WiFi only, which suits me fine because that is the only way I would ever want to tether (which I do so rarely). It has also been the most problematic in MyTether.
This is one slick setup!
I haven''t tried it yet, but I believe you can tether via BT or USB with the freetether app by itself.
wow this is a long thread. I'm gonna make it even longer. Because I work where I do, I get the free and clear plan, 3000 minutes, unlimited text and data for $20 a month. God I love sprint. With 4G actually around the corner for the majority of the states, I think I'll wait for the myfi on that network before I start tethering. True, its gonna cost much more than potentially free, I think it will be well worth it.
Will leaving IP forwarding on do anything negative?
Not that I can tell. Just turn it on, close the app, and forget about it. It need not be touched unless you reboot.
this app was already on preware seen it like two days ago but it didn't let me download =(
I didn't have the testing feed activated, so not only didn't I see it, when I did know about it, I couldn't FIND it. See this: http://www.webos-internals.org/wiki/Testing_Feeds
i have my tether so i am good. pretty much the same thing. and works great using it right now.
No, it is not the same thing at all!
* This doesn't break the camera
* It doesn't require patching and unpatching
* It isn't a hack job
* It doesn't break with every update
* It NOTIFIES you when there are new connections
* It supports WEP *and* WPA
* It is easier to install and use
* It is open source not closed (the bridge portion, not the Palm part)
* It presents as a real access point, not a crappy Ad-hoc
Hey...DOES THIS APP ALSO TETHER BY USB OR IS IT ONLY A WIFI TETHERING PROGRAM?
You already asked that question, and it was already answered
hmmm ok i have the paid version so it uses a pin as well and yes the patching breaking camera and always reinstalling with every update is a pain but i use it until there is a easier and better way to do that.
That is mytether, not freetether. There *IS* a "better way to do that" it is called freetether, which is what this whole article and thread is about.
I'm able to connect to my Pre Network via my laptop but I cannot get the internet to load.
Thoughts?
Same for me. Get some message on my phone when my PC connects to call Sprint.
Yep, I had the exact same problem that many of you are complaining about (local network only). When I tried to install the freetetherd ipk service by hand with novacom, I got an error during the install, even though it installed it. What it was not doing was running the necessary script in the package.
WebOS QuickInstaller is supposed to be able to run scripts. If you read back through the posts on the forums I saw mention it might be related to a problem in WebOS quick installer or something.
I don't use WebOS QI, I just use the command line and Preware. My suggestion is to add the "webos internals testing" feed to Preware and use PREWARE to install freetetherd, instead of WebOS QI. I bet that will fix it!
Another immediate clue that the script was not run is- if you launch freetether and do NOT see an IP address in your "WAN Information" box, the freetetherd service is not running (because the install was botched)!!
Yep, someone else in the forum pointed out that what I said was right- people having problems with the service install need to update WebOS quickinstaller to a newer version, or use Preware to install freetetherd. http://www.precentral.net/sites/precentral.net/files/webos-homebrew-apps...
this issue occurs not due to a bug in WOSQI, but that the new ipkg_offline_root changed in webOS 1.3.5 and some users may not have a new arch.conf setup to handle the armv7 linux daemon.
(re)installing package manager service should theoretically fix the issue
Thanks for clarifying that...
Loaded this up and all worked as expected, connected laptop over wifi to the Pre and then connected to the Internet on he laptop and opened up a wedpage - just to see if it would work. Within an hour, I got a notification on my Pre from Sprint: "Authorization Error. Your service account does not allow Internet connection sharing. Contact Sprint for help."
Sprint website shows a couple of phones (including Palm Treo 800w) that can be used as a modem, but indicates that "A separate Phone as Modem service plan is required in order to use this device as a modem." I have the Everything Data plan, so it looks like Sprint is on to this already - and not going to allow it.
Supposedly Sprint doesn't know when tethering like this is being used, unless they suspect it by abuse of the service (IE- using it too much).
Otherwise, you are the only one who has reported this so far (that I have seen).
I don't know how long people have been using the method for a single session, so it could be a problem that most people just don't know about yet. Personally, I have only connected for maybe 10 min max so far. I wouldn't use tethering except for emergencies, anyway.... I doubt I would ever be on for an hour.
But thanks for posting/sharing. You might also want to post your experience on the forum: http://forums.precentral.net/showthread.php?p=2172400
There's a few different ways tethering can be accomplished. I'm not an expert, but I used to be able to tether to my WM phone using the internet sharing program on the phone itself. Then in April, bam, it stopped working. Turns out it happened to all of the Sprint WM phones at the same time. So, I installed PDAnet, and no problems since then. The question is how does the program accomplish tethering, and it would appear that freetether does it the same way PDAnet does.
This error only comes up for me if my devices bluetooth is turned on. When bluetooth is turned off I have no problems.
i used my tether since 3 months and sprint never said anything and this app the new free tether is sweet. i still have my tether but i think i will use more often the free tether hotspot thing.
Awesome! If sprint has a problem with it, I guess I could always go to Verizon!
You do that... go ahead and buy a new phone, then lock into another contract, and pay $20 more per month for their base service for the next two years; then use tethering without paying for it on their network and let us know how much happier Verizon will be with that...
Question...when newer updates come, will I have to remove it and reinstall it? Thats a lot of work to do every time a update hits.
Probably not
And it is more work than Mytether????
The emergency patch uninstalls everything in one shot, then after update just reapply. A little bit of work but hey, if you don't like it you don't have to do it. Only thing you'll have to remove is patches, not apps.
what, I get no credit? :-p
Hello Out there,
I WebQI according to the information on thread as well as link from thread. Once I switched the freetether app to forward IP, and then run Mobile Hotspot, it gives me a "No Sharing Service" message. Can anybody help me?
WebQI from thread: us.ryanhope.freetetherd_0.0.3_armv7.ipk
Hey, works great. On my german o2-Pre, you don't even need to install freeTether or enable IP Forwarding.
Just fire up Mobile HotSpot and it works out of the box!
The entire original thread in the forum just went "poof"
Forgive me if I'm overlooking something, but where can i go and download the "com.palm.app.mobilehotspotupdatepre_1.0.3_all.ipk" file? Thanks. Nevermind, found it.
you can find it here for now... the original thread and files that were hosted on precentral have disappeared.
http://forums.precentral.net/webos-patches/226490-how-install-mobile-hot...
We are speculating that precentral had to remove the thread because it contained an attachment of the hotspot code, which is a big no-no. Of course, that doesn't explain why just that post, itself wasn't removed, instead of the entire thread. Yet, this news article and other threads remain. Most curious. Plus, it looks like mobilehotspot was updated to 1.06 and now appears locked to the Verizon phone...
palm has locked down the app catalog now, last night it was still fetchable via the app catalog, now it no longer is. (get an "this application is not available on your carrier" type message)
Sprint should just allow its customers to have the wifi hotspot access. It would at least stop most Sprint Pre/Pixi owners from defecting to Verizon. They need to keep as many customers as they can...
They are not going to give away something that can make them money. Tethering on Verizon is not free and people will not "defect" to Verizon for that reason.
However, Sprint really does need to offer phone-as-modem/tethering again. I know it is hard for them to manage, but there is a demand. Most people are just not willing to enter into yet another contract for a separate piece of hardware and with a another large monthly bill.... especially for casual/infrequent users.
The only reason why Sprint is still around is because they are following a different strategy and model for their plans and services. If they were like Verizon and nickeled and dimed you on every single service, they would not be in business. They just can't compete that way. It's not like other phones haven't been used to tether before on Sprint...
But in reality, I don't mind things the way they are. Let's keep it that way. Sprint, I'm not "defecting" yet! ;)
i cant seem to find the download link
still cant find link
Am I the only one who installed this and can't even get the network to be read by my wireless card? I followed everything step-by-step, and have had no success whatsoever... Any ideas?
Try this:
Open your command prompt and type "ipconfig /release", then "ipconfig /renew"
Or do you mean "open your command prompt and type 'service network reload'?
Hint: you are assuming he is using MS-Windows and not Linux, not BSD, and not MacOS...
Link for Hotspot thread is broken?
The original thread was zapped because someone posted code as an attachment which is a no-no. Try this (clean) one instead: http://forums.precentral.net/showthread.php?p=2179944
Just wanted to say that the mobile hotspot app seems to work perfect on German O2 pres. Just install it with webos quickinstall. Very easy to config and runs smooth.
Just thought i would let everyone know, that after checking the forums, i realized what i did wrong. I forgot to disable the wifi patch from MyTether. After doing so, MHS worked perfectly...
Will this work on a Pre Plus to avoid the extra $40?
I already have a true unlimited data from VZW plan because my data plan is so old.
Unlikely.
But also note that on Sprint, customers have NO OPTION for legit phone tethering because Sprint revoked all the plans. They expect people to buy separate hardware, lock into yet another multi-year service plan, and pay $40-$80 more a month on top of that! Nobody that needs just casual or emergency tethering is going to go for that, so they are losing a tremendous amount of potential revenue.
I know *I* would be willing to pay $10 to $15 more a month for capped/limited tethering...
no ur stuck with 5gb limit not unlimited
Works great, somehow it broke BT PAN on MyTether, but it's a step in the right direction using services already in Web OS.
i cannot find mobile hot spot update.
So, how what's new with the mobile hotspot?and where can we download it from?
Went to verizonwireless.com and added Mobile Hotspot to my husband's and my Pre Plus, and my son's Pixi Plus for -0-!! Checking it out on the Pre Plus now!
which is the link to it
if the mobile hotspot update fix the problem... how do i get it? xD mmmmmmmm!!!!!!!!!!!
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