Yes, works for my Note 2 by Verizon. Awhile back, I purchased the FoxFi app for about $8.00. The FoxFi app worked fine for my phone for doing wireless tethering un-rooted. Then later, there was an update (or message) saying essentially that I pretty much need to also download/install the PdaNet+ app (at not cost since I had previously already paid for FoxFi). I now have both the FoxFi app and PdaNet+ app installed on my phone. I used to open the FoxFi app for tethering, but now I simply click on the PdaNet+ app instead for tethering. The whole relationship between FoxFi and PdaNet+ has become a bit confusing in the past few months after FoxFi got bought out by PdaNet+ (I think), especially when app updates change the way the apps operate. Sometimes I get an error message saying I must pay for the mobile wifi hotspot feature, but after clicking out of the message, it goes away. I don't use the app too often, only when I'm out and about on the road. But it sure comes in handy!
I also previously used the USB corded method for PdaNet back in the days of the Palm Treo smartphones. But I found the USB corded method to be a bit cumbersome because you had to install the PdaNet app both to the phone as well as the (Windows) computer that you will be tethering the phone too. Sometimes it was a b!tch to install the app to either phone or the laptop comptuer, because whatever additional app was required wouldn't be compatible with whatever device. I would then do a Google search to find whatever patch was needed for a particular phone to make USB tethering work. That was a pain! Not to mention that you could only tether via USB cable to 1 device at a time, whereas with wireless tethering, you can wirelessly tether to multiple devices simultaneously. Wireless tethering is superior to USB tethering in so many ways.