Can I hack my phone to use it to Tether?

[manwithaphone]

Tether hack (sort of)

Hello everyone, I have upgraded from my W700i today to a Sony Xperia M2.

I'm on a network in the UK called 3 (Three). They allow unlimited phone data and caps tethering to 2gb per month.

Is there a way to hack this phone to use the phone data for tethering? Effectively giving me unlimited tethering as opposed to the 2gb limit?

I've read a couple of threads so far for carriers that outright ban tethering, but not sure if that'd be the best approach. I'm new to android.

Thanks in advance

Jack

 

[Rukbat]

Re: Tether hack (sort of)

Tethering is phone data. They limit you to using data on devices other than your phone to 2GB/month. The only thing you can hack is their accounting server, to give yourself an unlimited tethering account.

 

[manwithaphone]

Re: Tether hack (sort of)

I think you mis-read what I said.

The phone has unlimited data and tethering to other devices is capped to 2gb.

I want to trick the device into giving my unlimited phone data to other devices as tethering. No need to hack into their accounting servers or sarcasm.

 

[Rukbat]

Re: Tether hack (sort of)

You can't "trick the device". If the data is being used by a device other than your phone, it comes under the cap. If it's your device using the data it's unlimited. I read what you said, and understood it. The misunderstanding seems to be yours, in that you don't know that the carrier can differentiate between data used by the phone and data being used by another device tethered to the phone.