Anyone know about or use "portable wifi hot spot free"

**drmaf894c** · 12-22-2012, 06:40 PM

Does anyone use this app? Can't get Foxfi to work after jellybean so looking for another option. Have Pdanet and it works well but looking for a way to wifi tether as well. (Not rooted, but may be headed that way someday)

Thoughts?

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**TBoltShock83839** · 12-22-2012, 09:35 PM

Oh, so FoxFi isn't working for you at all after the update? I've had other people say it works fine, but I haven't updated yet and am still on Ice Cream Sandwich.

**drmaf894c** · 12-22-2012, 09:56 PM

It has not been working as reliably but I may need to mess with it more. If it is working I will just stick with it.

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**TBoltShock83839** · 12-22-2012, 10:14 PM

I gotcha. Keep us posted. I haven't updated because I was worried about the issues that may arise. Hope it starts working flawlessly for you.

**azdmelani** · 12-22-2012, 10:58 PM

I use it to tether my nexus 7 when not home. Works great

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**blade22222** · 12-22-2012, 11:01 PM

I have this app and just tethered my laptop, it took about 45 seconds to connect. Ran a speed test and was running 13 megabits both ways.

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**drmaf894c** · 12-22-2012, 11:18 PM

Originally Posted by TBoltShock83839

I gotcha. Keep us posted. I haven't updated because I was worried about the issues that may arise. Hope it starts working flawlessly for you.

Yeah I will. I wasn't going to update the app but it told me that my version wasn't supported any longer and the old version wouldn't work on my phone any more. So I will see if I can get it to work.

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**drmaf894c** · 12-22-2012, 11:20 PM

Originally Posted by blade22222

I have this app and just tethered my laptop, it took about 45 seconds to connect. Ran a speed test and was running 13 megabits both ways.

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Does it work similarly to other wifi tether apps? I turned it on and it worked but it seemed a little good to be true so just wanted to make sure it wouldn't show up on my bill at the end of the month if I switched from Foxfi

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**blade22222** · 12-22-2012, 11:51 PM

Originally Posted by drmaf894c

Does it work similarly to other wifi tether apps? I turned it on and it worked but it seemed a little good to be true so just wanted to make sure it wouldn't show up on my bill at the end of the month if I switched from Foxfi

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That I can't answer. Sorry.

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**drmaf894c** · 12-25-2012, 01:19 AM

So I don't know what I did, but it does seem to work again (Foxfi that is). So from what I can tell it does work with jellybean. That is good news to a lot of us :-D

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**ciniob** · 12-25-2012, 11:20 AM

I use Potable Wifi on my Verizon Note 2. It's not rooted (yet...). I haven't used Potable on my Verizon S3 (don't need it because I am running Cyanogenmod 10 that has it's own wifi hotspot).

Portable seemed a little glitchy initially on the Note but works flawlessly now. And I can get around the $30 Verizon charges.

You go through the Verizon setup right up to the point of agreeing to the monthy charge part. Then you set up Portable from that point forward.

I just don't know if it works on the S3.

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