I have sprint so there isn't a hotspot feature unless you pay extra which I didn't do.
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Free wireless hotspot/tethering on the iPhone 4S...possible?
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I have sprint so there isn't a hotspot feature unless you pay extra which I didn't do.
Huh?
Even on my 3GS which has no sim-card inserted has this feature and it works fine to pair up, though it has no internet because it doesn't have any simcard in it. With that said, i'm pretty sure you can turn it on and tether, it doesn't seem like a carrier thing otherwise i wouldn't even have the feature on the 3GS with ios5..
Seems strange though, maybe US phones are more locked up..
It is a carrier "thing".
If you carrrier allows for tethering with your data plan it will be available and you will be able to turn it on and use it.
If not you will not be able to use it unless you call them up to activate it on your account.
Hmm, i just checked that i had the setting, but i forgot to go inside the setting to see that i could only tether using bluetooth or usb with the 3gs without a carrier / sim-card.. So guess you're right!
So,
As an android user on VZW, wireless tether is ABSOLUTELY against the TOS agreement on your contract. Same if you have an iPhone. The difference between the crackdown for iPhones and not Android....well you can blame iOS. Apple (intentionally or just a happy coincidence) has made the data usage through the carrier 100% detectable to the carrier as to how the phone is using it. Android is disguised on how the phone is using the data. The Carriers know whether your iPhone is using the data on the phone itself or it it is sharing it over wifi to another device. The wireless tether software on Android is completely indistinguishable to the carrier whether the phone is using the data or another device. THIS is how they are able to crack down on iPhone users. VZW iPhone users have gotten warnings and have been told to upgrade to their plans.
Both devices (android or iPhone) must be rooted or jailbroken to be able to do this, which will render the device less secure. Just the FYI for all of you. As much as I like (and dislike) things about BOTH platforms....I have to say, this is one of the reasons I sticks with Android......for now.
As an android user on VZW, wireless tether is ABSOLUTELY against the TOS agreement on your contract. Same if you have an iPhone. The difference between the crackdown for iPhones and not Android....well you can blame iOS. Apple (intentionally or just a happy coincidence) has made the data usage through the carrier 100% detectable to the carrier as to how the phone is using it. Android is disguised on how the phone is using the data. The Carriers know whether your iPhone is using the data on the phone itself or it it is sharing it over wifi to another device. The wireless tether software on Android is completely indistinguishable to the carrier whether the phone is using the data or another device. THIS is how they are able to crack down on iPhone users. VZW iPhone users have gotten warnings and have been told to upgrade to their plans.
Both devices (android or iPhone) must be rooted or jailbroken to be able to do this, which will render the device less secure. Just the FYI for all of you. As much as I like (and dislike) things about BOTH platforms....I have to say, this is one of the reasons I sticks with Android......for now.
Where do you get this info that with android phones its completelly undetectable and with iphones its automaticly easy for the carriers to detect tethering?
I think you're talking nonsense.
If the carrier wants to look into your data usage they can find out if you're tethering or not. Nothing is untraceable.
How is it free?
I dont know if you need to pay for MyWi on a monthly basis, but I know for a fact that if your phone is Jailbroken, you can go into the cydia store and search for PDAnet, you can use it for free for a while to try it out on unsecured websites, but if you try to go to unsecured websites it will not let you until you pay a one time fee of about $20, they will send you a license key to your email.
Here is a like to find out more, press on link or copy and paste into your URL bar.
http://junefabrics.com/iphone/index.php
I dont know if you need to pay for MyWi on a monthly basis, but I know for a fact that if your phone is Jailbroken, you can go into the cydia store and search for PDAnet, you can use it for free for a while to try it out on unsecured websites, but if you try to go to unsecured websites it will not let you until you pay a one time fee of about $20, they will send you a license key to your email.
Here is a like to find out more, press on link or copy and paste into your URL bar.
http://junefabrics.com/iphone/index.php
I usually use less data when tethering. I just end up doing email with a real keyboard. On the iPhone, I'm loading web pages, apps, Pandora, etc. It depends on what you use on what. YMMV, but 2GB is still a LOT of data to tether with.
It's fine if you do. I openly say that I'm JB'ed with the Absynthe JB on 5.0.1, and I have MiWi on the $25/2GB plan. It's not rocket science here.
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I am tethering for free on my VZW Droid Charge, gone over 10GB a month too. I'm bone stock, no root.
My point was, it's fine for him to post it in the forums. MyWi is a one-time charge of $20. Well worth it, IMHO.
Not if your with Sprint, the jail breaking app I use makes it look like the data is all being used by the phone, nothing they can do. I tether to my iPad 2 wifi only all the time
I agree. I know of one hack that would enable the iOS tethering, but it was either $1 or $5- not free. MiWi has always been $20, AFAIK.
The only thing I can think of is a way to pirate MiWi, which isn't really groundbreaking.
AT&T did that to me so I switched to sprint and now I have no issues. AT&T has a separate department that is solely there to crack down on iPhone users using a lot of data.
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