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

By: Nome

Nome — Mon, 14 May 2012 23:04:00 +0000

Straight Talk unlimited service is the way to go!! i us it for every thing

By: Honest College

Honest College — Fri, 11 May 2012 15:13:00 +0000

This is great! Time to go blog on the bus. Better remember these steps now though

By: Snjcmpbll

Snjcmpbll — Wed, 02 May 2012 02:45:00 +0000

I don’t know about Boost but I do the tethering from my phone & I have Simple mobile & they cut my data off on my phone every month for about the last week of my cycle, if not longer. This month I’m going 2 Weeks w/o it! They say it’s unlimited, but trust me when I say it’s not & the way I found out at first was them sending me a warning text message telling me I was at risk 4 my data being cut off bc I was not following my Terms & Conditions & gave me a # 2 call which just referred me 2 them on the website. So just be careful on how much u use it BC they call it “constant streaming” & will Zap ur data!

By: Nigel Tolley

Nigel Tolley — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 15:34:00 +0000

Depends what you mean – you cannot use Android software on BB currently (it is promised for the future though)
You can certainly do it as a tethered system with the standard software. Not sure about the wi-fi bridging part though as BB won’t do ad hoc networks currently, though there might be an app.

By: Swaghack2

Swaghack2 — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 23:59:00 +0000

nope

By: Rakin

Rakin — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 23:27:00 +0000

What I suggest everyone does, if they dont have a contract with unlimted internet, is get a GiffGaff sim for free and use that. It comes with Unlimted internet!! I am using this on my ZTE BLADE with i just rooted using universal root. I am going to use the internet on my PS VITA

By: Damien Oh

Damien Oh — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:21:00 +0000

If your device can connect to wifi, you should beer able to connect to your phone hotspot.

By: Lifestream Aoldot

Lifestream Aoldot — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 19:11:00 +0000

There is an app called “FoxFi” in the market that does NOT even require rooting. It is new so may not work on some phones such as those made by HTC but works on my motorola and samsung phones perfectly fine.

By: Grizzb1

Grizzb1 — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 14:10:00 +0000

I have a HTC EVO Sprint and it is hot spot ready. I use it to connect to my laptop . Works great. What I want to know is can I use it on my jvc 30hdt indash navigational and radio for 3g and wi fi. Thanks

By: Ryan Cumbee

Ryan Cumbee — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 16:05:00 +0000

… Why would he connect to your computer? You are already connecting through his device….

“Some good hacker”- Psh, script kiddies could do something like this in there sleep.

By: Ryan Cumbee

Ryan Cumbee — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 16:03:00 +0000

Its called a packet sniffer, if you are connecting through there device then there is nothing stopping them from monitoring every packet that goes through the device.

If you don’t trust your friend, don’t use his connections.

By: Williamhudson50

Williamhudson50 — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 22:08:00 +0000

Mine did the same thing. i just downloaded barnacle wifi tether out of the market place and it works fine. with wi-fi tether they require you to install a rooted kernel to use it.

By: Damien Oh

Damien Oh — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:05:00 +0000

Most recent Android phone has this capability, as long as your service provider allows you to tether.

By: Karinehopffer

Karinehopffer — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:23:00 +0000

what kind of phone i need to buy to do this so i can use the internet on my laptop?

By: Qtolive

Qtolive — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 18:38:00 +0000

Actually they brodcast an “ad hoc” signal. Not a wireless hotspot.

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?