My RAZR MAXX is rooted but my Dad's is not and he doesn't want to root it. Verizon's forced ICS update messed up a lot of apps on his phone, including some of the built-in apps (e.g., email), which wouldn't work anymore. Tethering didn't work either, neither FoxFi nor PDAnet (he uses both). Tried reinstalling both of them to no avail. We did a cache clear/format but that had no affect. So we bit the bullet and did a factory data reset and still no joy, and his previously downloaded apps were not reinstalled automatically as they should have been. WTF is going on? Does anyone know how we can resolve the tethering issue WITHOUT ROOTING?
Did I mention he lives in Ohio and I live in Virginia? I have no hands-on access to his phone.
One more thing... when he enables the FoxFi hotspot, he can see it on his Win7 computer but there is no signal strength indication (no green bars), but instead a red X. So he cannot connect. On my phone, the green bars appear as soon as the hotspot is listed. It takes a while for FoxFi to create a path to the Internet, but it does eventually connect. But not on his phone anymore. Just a red X.
Thanks in advance,
Bruce