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[Q] Noob: Is wifi tethering free?

Is wifi tethering free??
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If you are rooted just download wifitether from the market.

Forgive me I wasn't specific.. is it free when you run the internet using wifi tether??
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kijp15 said:
Forgive me I wasn't specific.. is it free when you run the internet using wifi tether??
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What do you mean "free"? It depends on your data plan...

so if i have free internet on my phone it would be free to use the 3g to run the internet w/o gettin any bills added on my phone. my bad for the dumb question im just curious cuz its my first time ever using this app.

kijp15 said:
so if i have free internet on my phone it would be free to use the 3g to run the internet w/o gettin any bills added on my phone. my bad for the dumb question im just curious cuz its my first time ever using this app.
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Yes, if you have a unlimited data package, then there will be no additional charges. However, if you do not have one, you will exceed your cap quickly, and they will charge you accordingly.
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Well said. Thanks for your guys help. Take care and God Bless all.
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Even with an unlimited data package, isn't there fine print somewhere that says there is a 5gb data transfer limit?
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misfit0313 said:
Even with an unlimited data package, isn't there fine print somewhere that says there is a 5gb data transfer limit?
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Unaware of such fine print, but if you do find it... can you let us know?

I just checked the fine print. The 5gb cap applies to roaming, air cards, and tethering. (like if you added a tethering option to your plan) Using wifi tether or USB tether should show up as normal data usage.
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The only thing they can do because u signed for unlimited data is they could throttle you meaning they will slow your internet connection down but ive never herd sprint doing this however tmobile will if you go over 5g a month but they wont actually charge you extra
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andythegreenguy said:
Unaware of such fine print, but if you do find it... can you let us know?
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From my understanding (and no, i've never seen it in writing), most of the
carriers enforce a cap, somewhere between 5 and 10gb, depending. If you are
on an unlimited data plan, they can't charge you more, so they just throttle
your connection to limit your data for the rest of the billing cycle. I could be
wrong on this though, haven't even come close to capping.
As far as charges for tethering, if you asked your carrier, they'd be more than
happy to charge you the $30 tethering fee (or whatever it may be). My feeling
is that if you are already paying for unlimited data, and you aren't abusing the
service, it's not right for them to charge you extra for a feature your phone
should include.

The only company ive known to inforce throtlling is tmobile theyll send,out a text saying we are resticting your data conection through this billing cycle howver i hVe never had that on sprint and my brother has been fine on his dx on verizon and hes been using wireless tether for a couple of months now
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Don't worry about data caps on sprint. Sprint is the only provider that has truly unlimited data and won't charge you extra,throttle you, or drop you for using enormous amounts of data. The CEO of sprint proclaimed this about a year ago i believe

oh i forgot. Applications such as PDAnet allows you to tether your phone without letting the carrier know so they think its normal data usage. I doubt they will give you a call asking but if they do just tell them you browse the internet with your phone a lot. They can't prove it

If your ROOTED it is!!
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Tethering

Ok, quick question, I know carriers have been cracking down on tethering, but is that only against using our phones as wifi hot spots? is it still ok to use the usb tethering ability? My dad wants to use my phone for internet at the cabin, but I don't want at&t to throw the tethering charge onto our monthly bill.
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No unless you have purchased tethering through AT&T I believe it is going against the terms of agreement in your contract. Someone correct me if I'm wrong that's just what I have read.

Nice bonus on AT&T

WiFi hotspot tethering now works for me. On my former AT&T-branded Galaxy S2, this feature was disabled unless I were on the higher-cost data plan, which definitely was not worth it for me. But the unlocked Nexus starts it right up.
This is great for us. For example, when we're on a car trip, my wife can use her Kindle or iPod Touch to access the Internet. Same for anyplace where we don't have a good public WiFi signal.

Be careful. They monitor what type of traffick is transmitted and can figure out that you are tethering. ATT will then automatically enroll you in a tethering plan and charge you for it. It happened to Me with a different device.
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As long as you're using another mobile device to tether you should be fine
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Vanhoud said:
As long as you're using another mobile device to tether you should be fine
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This is an accurate statement. I should have clarified - don't use a laptop but an iPod or KF should be fine.
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AndroidSlave said:
Be careful. They monitor what type of traffick is transmitted and can figure out that you are tethering. ATT will then automatically enroll you in a tethering plan and charge you for it. It happened to Me with a different device.
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While I've heard of this happening often, it's never happened to me even after a whole 6-7 hours of tethering when we didn't have the network set up yet at my new office.
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Interesting...does device type have any merit?

Any idea how this would work on the GoPhone plans? They can't really automatically enroll you in anything since it is prepaid.

avus_m3 said:
Interesting...does device type have any merit?
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yes mobile device = mobile device ie; tablet, phone, android, ios. wont get caught
Computer = computer ie; laptop, desktop. busted....

chakra said:
yes mobile device = mobile device ie; tablet, phone, android, ios. wont get caught
Computer = computer ie; laptop, desktop. busted....
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You can get your browsers to mimmick a mobile device so you can tether to a PC.

Vanhoud said:
As long as you're using another mobile device to tether you should be fine
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Are you sure? Yesterday I tethered my Nexus5 with my Nexus7.... and when I opened a chrome browser on the Nexus7, it asked me to upgrade to a tethering plan.
How can I get my Nexus5 to tether without running into this problem......... I know T-Mobile gives you 2.5gigabytes of tethering, but is there no way around this? even if the tethering is from the nexus5 to another android device?

ATT's tethering monitoring is based on APN only (called mobile broadband). Their only method of Engle enforcement is that all their branded phones lock you out of changing the apn in their stock att modified software.
If you're on phone or wap.cingular (and PTA as well in my experience) you can tether a pc all day long. Been doing it for years regularly on my unlocked S2 then my N4, and I'm currently tethered via my N5 on phone and LTE.
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compuw22c said:
ATT's tethering monitoring is based on APN only (called mobile broadband). Their only method of Engle enforcement is that all their branded phones lock you out of changing the apn in their stock att modified software.
If you're on phone or wap.cingular (and PTA as well in my experience) you can tether a pc all day long. Been doing it for years regularly on my unlocked S2 then my N4, and I'm currently tethered via my N5 on phone and LTE.
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So...I don't have to root and freeze the tethering file to tether? I can just go for it on my N5? I am taking a trip with the kids in the car and it would be nice to turn tethering on for their iPads. Leaving tonight and just got my N5 yesterday...so no time today to root.
Thanks in advance.

This has been an advantage of nexus phones since day one. The native tethering app works. Sure the carrier cab still try to block it from their end or cut you off, so don't over do it.
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I've always been able to use tethering on T-Mobile, they never said anything to me about it or blocked be.

compuw22c said:
ATT's tethering monitoring is based on APN only (called mobile broadband). Their only method of Engle enforcement is that all their branded phones lock you out of changing the apn in their stock att modified software.
If you're on phone or wap.cingular (and PTA as well in my experience) you can tether a pc all day long. Been doing it for years regularly on my unlocked S2 then my N4, and I'm currently tethered via my N5 on phone and LTE.
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I respectfully disagree.
I was always on WAP.Cingular APN and tethered with my note and got auto switched to tether plan with mild usage.
I did not try to cover by using only mobile sites...
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I have only received a notification once from ATT about tethering, never happened again and I have not been charged. I think its because my power was out and I really wanted to play battlefield so I just plugged my phone into my laptop and went at it.

mistahseller said:
I have only received a notification once from ATT about tethering, never happened again and I have not been charged. I think its because my power was out and I really wanted to play battlefield so I just plugged my phone into my laptop and went at it.
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I used to love that game. I don't game much anymore, but was there lag issues?

AndroidSlave said:
I respectfully disagree.
I was always on WAP.Cingular APN and tethered with my note and got auto switched to tether plan with mild usage.
I did not try to cover by using only mobile sites...
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This is very odd. I'm not saying I don't believe you, but I've done the same on wap.cingular AND others (but no mobile broadband even in the list on my apns) and I've browsed, bittorrented, etc all without issue from a real pc with no user agent hack. Again that was i9100 (tw and aosp), n4 and now n5. To be fair I don't think I've tethered a pc on the n5 yet but my tablets were fine. Maybe because I've got no contact they let me get away with more (doubtful) OR your Samsung ROM restored the apns to default from the Sim on you at some point and added the mobilebroadband apn to the list.
I HAVE been detected on tmo tethering because they detect via browser user agent. ATT does not require a spoofed user agent, as far as I can tell it's ONLY via that apn. So without mobilebroadband in your apn list you should be safe at least on a nexus or other non-carrier\aosp device.
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Paddington said:
Any idea how this would work on the GoPhone plans? They can't really automatically enroll you in anything since it is prepaid.
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I tether all the time with my Galaxy Express and S4. While on Jury duty I tethered for 7 hours. I never did anything to hide my tethering, just used an app that side steps the phone home thing. I'm on the GoPhone $35 plan, both my phones have been moded to use the dumb phone plans.

In any unlocked phone that feature would work.
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tethering unlocked tmobile with att service?

As title states, is it possible?

funtimez said:
As title states, is it possible?
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For sure. I use AT&T service on the tmobile Note 4 all day. I use tethering all the time too. Never heard anything from AT&T.
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ShrekOpher said:
For sure. I use AT&T service on the tmobile Note 4 all day. I use tethering all the time too. Never heard anything from AT&T.
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do you know if its possible to tether with straight talk?

blane3298 said:
do you know if its possible to tether with straight talk?
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I don't see why not.
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Any idea how

blane3298 said:
Any idea how
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Just use the phones native tethering.
It should be in your settings. No need to do anything else special.
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I have always used Foxfi to tether on custom roms on AT&T phones and have not been detected as long as I only tethered an android tablet. They could detect a Windows PC unless I used a VPN.
I cannot use Foxfi on 5.1.1 roms on the N910T since it gets an error. I can run native tethering and it works fine, but have only done it a little bit since I am kind of wary about being detected - I have already been warned twice already a couple years ago. I, too, wanted to make sure it was undetectable by AT&T if I used the native tethering instead of Foxfi with its proxy.

I unlock my Samsung Note 4 T-Mobile with sim-unlock code, but I've heard that I cannot use this phone with internet 3G, 4G or LTE i'm outside US. And also I need another code to unlock this feature. I cannot check if I can use 3G Internet or not. Somebody knows that for sure?

Unlimited tethering

I am looking at getting this phone in a week and was wondering if there is away for unlimited tethering.
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Which plan are you on?

Soldier_Rocks_08 said:
I am looking at getting this phone in a week and was wondering if there is away for unlimited tethering.
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one way that i know off is getting Wifi Tether Router, i haven't use it for about 2 or 3 months but when i was using it, work like a charm .

I once saw Legere's comment about T-Mobile is cracking down hardcore tethering users with "non-usual" ways. Not sure what the penalties are but i would be really carefull if I were you.

1. Use a VPN on the tethered device.
2. Use a tethering app, like WiFi Tether Router.
3. Never ever use the built in tethering method if you're on a stock or stock-based ROM.
4. Simple.
Using a VPN hides your data packets and prevents T-Mobile from inspecting your data packets to find out where the data is coming from. It is none of their business in the first place. I suggest doing this no matter what if you care about privacy.

What VPN service do you recommend and how do I go about setting it up.
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Soldier_Rocks_08 said:
What VPN service do you recommend and how do I go about setting it up.
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I don't recommend one. Google it to find a list. Decide which you prefer. Most VPNs will provide an app or instructions on how to set up in Android.