On 10/19/2010 10:47 AM, Steve Dibb wrote: > On 10/18/2010 11:57 PM, Brandon Stout wrote: >> PHP friends, >> >> I'm finally going to get an android. I'm on Verizon now, but I'm >> willing to change plans. I see Sprint has the only 4g plans, unless I >> missed something, but 4g isn't as important as being able to tether >> the internet to my laptop. I've read a few places that you can >> replace the OS on at least some phones with the tethering lockouts >> removed. Any recommendations from any of you for an android I can do >> this with? >> > > My droid has an app that it shipped with (from Verizon) that turns your > phone into a wifi hotspot. It allows only up to three clients. I've > never tried it myself, but poking around it, it sure seems simple enough > to tether.
I should probably clarify. My phone is the Droid X. Some quick googling reveals that not all phones have this feature. Mine does. Go me. The name of the app is "3G Mobile Hotspot". http://phandroid.com/2010/07/29/verizon-shows-how-the-droid-x-does-3g-mobile-hotspot/http://phandroid.com/2010/07/29/verizon-shows-how-the-droid-x-does-3g-mobile-hotspot/ Steve _______________________________________________ UPHPU mailing list [email protected] http://uphpu.org/mailman/listinfo/uphpu IRC: #uphpu on irc.freenode.net
