Foyt20
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Hotspot or root. That simple. And your N7 Will NEVER connect to Verizon directly. It does not have that radio. Not only would it be expensive, it would be IMPOSSIBLE!
because currently I have their unlimited plan which requires an additional 30 dollars per month to add the hot spot. My only alternative he's moving to 1 of their new shared plans and because my device is not a Verizon device it's not supposed to work on that either.
I'm getting more and more frustrated with this Bluetooth (often lack of) Bluetooth connection between my Rezound and N7. I didn't buy my N7 to leave at home! I'm going in circles and winding up at a dead end.
Rezound tethering was banned by VZW. My N7 isn't a VZW device so adding it to my account would be a waste of money and ongoing monthly expense I don't need. FoxFi won't work because of the ban.
My Rezound is only 5-6 mos old so I can't do a subsidized upgrade but getting a little desperate so considering outright purchase of a Galaxy S3 although would prefer the Note, don't think the Note will run on the VZW network
Much as I'd love a new Galaxy device it would be a HUGE stretch to justify purchasing a new phone.
Will my old Thunderbolt also fall under the banned Wifi thing? I have a feeling if I fired it up again it would probably update the software. What OS version (by name not number please) would I have? I don't really want to go backwards but VZW has my hands tied. When you have a 6mos old phone you do not expect it to not work with something just 6mos newer.
Is there a way to get VZW to lift this ban?
If my TBolt is not tether-banned could I not just get an additional sim card so that I wouldn't have to swap out my sim card if I wanted to use my TBolt for WIFI but my Rezound for everything else? On VZW's new plans I would not have to pay for two phones it doesn't look like because you can add up to 10 devices.
Zedorda - Are you using a Verizon Galaxy Nexus? i515 I believe?
Thanks...
FoxFi supports what FoxFi supports, and it doesn't support what it doesn't support, and it's free. And, no, your phone is not too old to support FoxFi, but it's an HTC phone that is not running Ice Cream Sandwich so it won't support WIFI using FoxFi. If your phone ever gets an ICS upgrade or you switched to a Samsung, LG, or Motorola phone (even an older one), you'd be able to use WiFi. I'm in the exact same boat with my HTC Thunderbolt - it's still on Gingerbread and is therefore not WiFi capable in FoxFi.
Technically, the "correct" if unpleasant answer is "if you want tethering on your Verizon Unlimited plan, Verizon offers and has long offered tethering on Verizon Unlimited plans - cough up the dough and pay for it".
However, having said all that, and reiterating the whole "terms of service violation" thing, if you want to proceed and try to get tethering for free using free apps...
I have not tried this (since mine is a corporate-issued phone and violating the terms of service on behalf of my employer seems a very unwise career move) but there is an app called PdaNet Tablet that supposedly proxies the normally-unsupported-over-Bluetooth Internet apps and makes them work over Bluetooth.
https://forums.androidcentral.com/e.../details?id=com.pdanet.tablet2&token=e6_KYbF9
It came up as the second search result from a search on the Play Store for FoxFi.
Let my Wi-Fi go: FCC rules Verizon can't charge for Wi-Fi tethering | ZDNet
Wow...
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http://www.zdnet.com/let-my-wi-fi-go-fcc-rules-verizon-cant-charge-for-wi-fi-tethering-7000001916/
Wow...
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FCC only states Verizon can not block tether and tether apps. Does not say they can not charge you to tether.
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...and that Verizon ?revised its service offerings such that consumers on usage-based
pricing plans may tether, using any application, without paying an additional fee.?
FCC only states Verizon can not block tether and tether apps. Does not say they can not charge you to tether.
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All I can say is that I do have ICS and I do have a Samsung phone, and Foxfi does not work... I have tried many many times.
They cannot charge but this only applies to pay per use plans and not the unlimited plan. So if you are on unlimited I believe they can charge or force you to a metered plan. I'm on unlimited for now and it's a corporate phone so I'm going to wait a few weeks and see what the results are first.
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How would they know? Couldn't you sideload the .apk?
From the FCC only users on a tier plan can use tether without paying a fee. So I take it they can still charge unlimited data customers and also customers not on 4g. Heres some more on this.
Verizon to pay $1.25 million for blocking tethering apps on C block devices | Android Central
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By the amount of data your pipe was pulling down. You use 10 gigs in one month, they may ask questions.
By the amount of data your pipe was pulling down. You use 10 gigs in one month, they may ask questions.