Tethering N7 & Sprint GSIII?

[kgilbertsen]

I'm brand new to the Nexus 7 and am looking for a way to tether to my Sprint Galaxy SIII. Both devices are stock. I've used PDANet with the GSIII and my laptop, but it looks like that's not an option with the N7. Are there any free apps that can be used?

 

[sparksd]

PDANet will work in conjunction with FoxFi running on your S3 but only over Bluetooth - a restriction with Sprint. Works fine on mine, albeit a slow connection. You also have to sideload FoxFi on your S3 - you can't get it from the Play Store ---

FoxFi Installer

 

[kgilbertsen]

PDANet will work in conjunction with FoxFi running on your S3 but only over Bluetooth - a restriction with Sprint. Works fine on mine, albeit a slow connection. You also have to sideload FoxFi on your S3 - you can't get it from the Play Store ---

FoxFi Installer

Thanks! Works great, albeit slowly, as you said.

 

[sparksd]

Thanks! Works great, albeit slowly, as you said.

Good to hear that. Not sure that we will ever see unrooted, tethered WiFi on the Sprint S3 - the FoxFi update has been in work for quite a while now and the update to JB probably complicated the issue.

 

[kgilbertsen]

Good to hear that. Not sure that we will ever see unrooted, tethered WiFi on the Sprint S3 - the FoxFi update has been in work for quite a while now and the update to JB probably complicated the issue.

If I ever root, is there an option to tether via WiFi? That's free?

 

[sparksd]

You can check this out --

How to Wifi Tether Free on Rooted Sprint Galaxy S3 SPH-L710! | Galaxy S3 Root

 

[kg4icg]

I wonder if you guys know that there is the Bluetooth tethering in JB on the stock update for Sprint in which I have used with my Nezus 7 already. It is under more data in the settings menu.

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[a1kemist]

I wonder if you guys know that there is the Bluetooth tethering in JB on the stock update for Sprint in which I have used with my Nezus 7 already. It is under more data in the settings menu.

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Unless my info is out of date, don't you have to pay a tethering plan if you're with Sprint?

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[sparksd]

Unless my info is out of date, don't you have to pay a tethering plan if you're with Sprint?

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Correct - long discussion on this at http://forums.androidcentral.com/sprint-galaxy-s-iii/196082-foxfi-gs3.html

 

[a1kemist]

Correct - long discussion on this at http://forums.androidcentral.com/sprint-galaxy-s-iii/196082-foxfi-gs3.html

Ok, that's what I thought. There was a spark of hope that maybe Sprint had started to allow their plans free tethering. I didn't see anything online about it on the Sprint site the other day, but yeah, I do know about the whole foxfi thing.

 

[kgilbertsen]

Unless my info is out of date, don't you have to pay a tethering plan if you're with Sprint?

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Thanks for the clarification.