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| Using a 4 g phone for hotspot with xboxlive? Posted by polarbehr Any one try and use xbox live and game with one for internet? on 4/23 at 4:45 pmThis post was edited on 5/3 at 6:46 pm Reply • Back to Top |
quote: I assume you mean tethering the 4G into a WiFi Hotspot and using it that way? You better have a tethering plan by your provider. It should work just fine, run a speedtest and make sure your 4G is running at 4G speeds and you're good to go. Reply • Back to Top |
| You will lag some My Lte ping is usually around 130ms Cable is usually 30ms, so it will be noticeable but not impossible. Reply • Back to Top |
| My ping has been around 40-65 Reply • Back to Top |
quote: why? it's not illegal to use your own equipment's features as the device manufacturer intended. Reply • Back to Top |
quote: Well from my experience (AT&T iPhone's) I used an app called MyWi to turn 3G into a WiFi Hotspot, after use of about 2 weeks tops, AT&T emailed me that I am using my phone to tether without a tethering plan on my monthly plan and said to either stop, or they will automatically add the service to my plan. So that's why I said you better have one, might not be illegal, but AT&T won't allow it. I believe Verizon/Sprint also sell the Tethering option seperate as well, so I'd expect the same from there. Tethering requires a tethering plan. Reply • Back to Top |
| I don't pay for tether, look at my avatar. Reply • Back to Top |
quote: I have no clue what your avatar is, as I said above I'm all iPhone. If it means you're rooted on Android then cool for you. You will pay for tethering if you tether, they will add it to your plan but will warn you first. Well, AT&T will warn you first, idk about other companies and I've even read that AT&T won't warn you anymore. Reply • Back to Top |
quote: His avatar is of the super user icon for android, which means he's an awesome phone hacker! As for tethering, one more reason to go android... I used 10.4GB of data last month.. guess who can't tell I'm tethering my phone? If you guessed my phone service provider, you win a lifetime of a lock down phone that can't do half the stuff android can! Congratulations! Reply • Back to Top |
quote: I'm jailbroke, hate to break it to you but the Dev Team for iOS blows anything Droid has to offer out of the water by the size of the Atlantic Ocean. Bwahahhaha. Nice try though! Do your research next time, the hacking community on the iPhone/iPad about triples that of the Droid community, but then again everyone owns an iPhone or iPad in this country  Reply • Back to Top |
quote:Except it doesn't. If your wireless company pulls that shit, there are plenty other companies who you can take your business to. I've been tethering on my rooted Verizon Fascinate for years. Reply • Back to Top |
quote: I guess you're just lucky then, but couldn't be more wrong. Verizon absolutely requires a tethering plan and will charge you extra. As will any carrier. quote: LINK LINK 2 This post was edited on 4/24 at 1:42 am Reply • Back to Top |
| I know they "require" a tethering plan. But they can't possibly enforce it, and they're SOL legally. if they try to force me to pay for tethering, i'll cancel it. If they cancel me because of it, i'll switch carriers. there's no fricking way i'm paying an extra 30\40 bucks a month for something my phone hardware is intended to do for free. This post was edited on 4/24 at 1:51 am Reply • Back to Top |
quote: They are certainly trying. If/when they do find out about you tethering with an unauthorized App, they will force you to add a tethering plan or I'd imagine cancel/or ban your service. Like the article says though, usually Devs can stay a step ahead of the carriers and find workarounds from them detecting it, but as 4G and tethering get bigger and bigger over the year I wouldn't expect that to continue. quote: I don't follow you here. Your phone is intended to be a WiFi Hotspot for free? No, it's not. Just like your phone is intended to make calls/send texts but it doesn't without the service you have to pay for. Enjoy it while you can, I expect them to crack down a lot harder as 4G expands more and more, and you see more and more unauthorized tethering. Reply • Back to Top |
quote:Yes, it is. Otherwise it wouldn't have wifi broadcast capabilities in the first place. The carrier doesn't make the handsets. Android is an open source platform so users are fully capable of modifying it to make full use of the device, and the carriers can't touch them legally. Sure, it's completely within their right to try to stop it with other measures, but that doesn't prevent the user from subverting them. Reply • Back to Top |
quote: Them as in Android directly? No. You as a person? Yes. It's in the Term's of Service in your Contract, unauthorized tethering is illegal if you have a contract with your provider. I'm an iPhone jailbreaker myself and use a Cydia program called MyWi to tether when I have to, which is really never, so I've never received shite from AT&T since I've only used it about 2-3 times when the power went out. This post was edited on 4/24 at 2:23 am Reply • Back to Top |
quote:violates the contract? Maybe. Illegal? Nope. And I don't really tether on a regular basis either. I use it about like you do. I hardly ever exceed 1GB/mo, in fact. Reply • Back to Top |
quote: Well that's what I meant, not illegal in law, but illegal in your contract you signed and will get your contract terminated. I'd imagine they would warn you first, or do what AT&T does and automatically add a tethering plan to your account after they send you a text to stop. Reply • Back to Top |
| My Nokia Lumia 900 laughs at both of those weak phones. Reply • Back to Top |
quote: Extremely good phone.  Reply • Back to Top • Refresh |
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