Oh, one thing about the X though, it is a battery hog. I don't leave on any of the wireless stuff except 3g, which is not easy to turn off, but I need to charge it daily, sometimes twice daily if I turn on GPS, bluetooth, and wifi.
Ash On 10/19/2010 12:54 PM, Ashley Oviatt wrote: > I have the droid X and it is awesome. Does so much stuff that I never > knew I needed. > > You can root it pretty easily, but I haven't done it yet, because I'm > kinda nervous that Big red V might come down on rooters. > > Your only choices for tethering are to root the phone, or use pdanet for > corded or btooth if you don't want to root your phone, or pay the $ to V > every month for cordless hotspot. > > There is a really active forum at http://www.droidforums.net/ They can > help you, and have sticky posts about this very topic. > > Ash > > On 10/19/2010 12:30 PM, Brandon Stout wrote: >> On 10/19/2010 08:05 AM, Mike Mackrory wrote: >> >>> I just got the Samsung Galaxy S from Verizon... I think it's >>> called the Fascinate with Android 2.1 >>> >>> It came preinstalled with a mobile 3g hotspot which is supposed to >>> be able to handle 5 devices at once. Haven't actually used it yet, >>> but it doesn't look like there are any additional fees or anything >>> like that. Probably won't be incredibly fast either, but it should >>> do the job! >>> >>> Mike >> As I understand it, the hotspot access is locked out on Verizon unless >> you pay for additional hot-spot access. Really, I don't even need >> several devices. I have that with my home connection. I just want to >> be able to connect my laptop when I'm roaming. The plans they have to >> connect several devices would be a great replacement if I didn't take >> the router with me everywhere I go, thereby leaving the home without >> internet. What use is a cell phone for connecting several devices >> unless you live on your own? That's another reason I think it's >> overkill to purchase their hotspot add on, it's more than I want, and >> they don't have something for just connecting your laptop for less. >> You pay to connect several devices or they lock out the feature and >> you can't connect any. All that with a phone that has the capability, >> and they go out of their way to block it. >> > > _______________________________________________ > > UPHPU mailing list > [email protected] > http://uphpu.org/mailman/listinfo/uphpu > IRC: #uphpu on irc.freenode.net > > _______________________________________________ UPHPU mailing list [email protected] http://uphpu.org/mailman/listinfo/uphpu IRC: #uphpu on irc.freenode.net
