Revmacd Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 Let me cut right to the chase. I have a buddy who is with Verizon. If we rooted his phone to open up the mobil wifi hotspot, is he still going to wind up paying huge data fees? I have no problem rooting the phone but they still know how much data it is using, don't they? He's a car salesman. He's out on the lot all day and has been running back to the office for every little thing you might have to look up online. He just wants to be able to call it up on his tablet and save the marathon to and from the office all day long. With Verizon, the data plan already starts at $20 a month and you get like 2 gigs a month for that. It goes up from there. He probably uses 2 gigs a day. Any info would be appreciated. Links even more so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdfull3r Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 yes you can root and get apps to avoid paying a tethering fee. but it still wotks against your data limit. tethering can use a lot of data Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DroidRebel Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 Yes, bdfull3r is right. Tethering can use an insane amout of data, so proceed carefully and hang on to your wallet :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magicbubble Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 Is tethering even allowed ? I thought you were in breach of your contract Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Injest Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 Is tethering even allowed ? I thought you were in breach of your contract It can be included in the plan now... and because the data is not unlimited, they don't care how you use it. In fact, to them, the faster you use it up tethering the quicker they can charge overages!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Dave Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 Rooting would be a better option indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johniii Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 look up foxfi in play store. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Dave Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 look up foxfi in play store. I don't know why you have said this but this foxfi is only a simple widgadget ??????? Or I guess I don't know how to use it !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbygale45 Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 I am new user.....SO, sorry for asking basic question. I would like to know what is tethering? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Dave Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 @abbygale : No problem at all, you can ask questions over here after all this is why this forum is created for but yes you should created a new thread instead of hijacking some one els for answers. :D Anyway Tethering is a method through which you can make your device behave like Wi-Fi Hotspot. Once you turned tethering on any device with wireless connection can connect to the internet via your smartphone internet connection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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