Comments on: Use your Android Phone as a Wireless Hotspot (Rooted Phones Only)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:23:00 +0000

Thanks for responding. I have Boost Mobile and am considering upgrading to an android phone for the purpose of using it as a hotspot. In case this information is useful, I called Boost Customer Support and the person I spoke with wasn’t familiar with ‘hotspots’. So she transferred me to tech support and that person said that they have lots of customers that do this and that Boost does not “sell” this service and don’t have any problem with this practice. They will neither charge or cancel service for those that use their phones as hotspots.

By: Damien Oh

Damien Oh — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:41:00 +0000

I am not sure how fast what is the speed of Comcast, but previously I have used the Internet tethering as the only Internet connection for my workplace, and I have survived for more than a year. It still depends on how fast your Telco allows you to connect on your mobile and if there is any data limit.

By: Azyanhonee

Azyanhonee — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:44:00 +0000

i dont believe ur friend can see where u surf unless he’s a darn good hacker and was able to get thru an open port of urs. then i could say yes ur friend wud know EVERYTHING

By: someone

someone — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:39:00 +0000

yes u can use ur phone totally, i do it all the time, but just know ur cell phone company might get hip to it and start charging u for usage of the hotspot, but not too much of a charge, so u could either set up an additional pymt or try n get away with the extra charge as much as u can. (lol) i also keep my droid plugged while using hotspot but i do tend to lose connection every now and then but not for a long time, probably a minute or two, its just irritating when i do lose connection. and im not too sure about firing comcast, i guess that’d be up to u. maybe try using ur phone first to see how reliable ur hotspot works before letting them go.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:19:00 +0000

Is using a ‘hotspot’ as an internet connection for a desktop a viable alternate to say using Comcast? For instance, will my page loading, downloading speeds etc be pretty close to the same ? Also, I know I want the android phone to be plugged into it’s charger while doing this – will that be sufficient to keep up with my constant use of the internet (and I mean constant)? Can I fire Comcast?

By: Damien Oh

Damien Oh — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:14:00 +0000

Probably not unless they have setup special tracking software, else they won’t know what and where you have surfed.

By: Kapoortish

Kapoortish — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 14:47:00 +0000

What if you are using your friend’s hotspot connection.. can they see what you surf or your computer details? Is that easy to look into someone else’s laptop if you are sharing someone using android wifi hotspot? please let me know

By: Damien Oh

Damien Oh — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:32:00 +0000

I have not seen any specification regarding the number of connected users. Personally, I have connected up to 3 users and they all work fine. One thing though, the more connected users, the slower the Internet speed.

By: Rohitsahib

Rohitsahib — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 01:25:00 +0000

How many devices can be connected at a time using Android phone’s wi-fi feature?

By: Vivek Vets

Vivek Vets — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:34:00 +0000

My AT&T HTC Vivid is unlocked and rooted. Installed Wireless Tether. Switched on the tethering. My laptop (ThinkPad with Win XP SP3) detects the network available but fails to connect.

Please suggest

By: Damien Oh

Damien Oh — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:12:00 +0000

your phone need to be on to use it.

By: Cheana Rosa

Cheana Rosa — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:56:00 +0000

what if my phone aint even on can i still use it?

By: Debtinae56

Debtinae56 — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:10:00 +0000

Rooted samsung cecell but kees sayin no su permission. How do I correct this? Plz help.

By: Mavs_flavs

Mavs_flavs — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 03:08:00 +0000

Yes wlang prob sa installation, everyone is connected but no one can browse.. lol

By: Something

Something — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 17:24:00 +0000

Instead of gettting the 3G PS Vita i will get the wifi model and use my phone as a portable hotspot

By: Damien Oh

Damien Oh — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 07:50:00 +0000

I have not tried it yet, but theoretically, it should work.

By: Damien Oh

Damien Oh — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 07:50:00 +0000

I have not tried it yet, but theoretically, it should work.

By: Nursepaige2008

Nursepaige2008 — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 20:16:00 +0000

Will this work to connect to xbox live?

By: Craigb45212

Craigb45212 — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 03:40:00 +0000

Did u everfind out, away to do this? Im trying,the same thing

By: Doc

Doc — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 01:22:00 +0000

probably because you need to get internet on your phone through your mobile operator, not through wifi. you get internet from gsm (3g/gprs) and spread it around through wifi.