[Noisebridge-discuss] /tether.me

Thu Jan 3 19:48:05 UTC 2013

The problem isn't with "sheep", its with monopolies. There's four main cell
phone companies and what minimal choice they let us have is limited further
by a desire to have a useful device. I have verizon, possibly the worst
offender, because I need my cell phone to work as much as possible.
On Jan 3, 2013 11:34 AM, "maestro" <maestro415 at gmail.com> wrote:

> thanks to all...
> all info is great and supports what i have found on my own...
> it will be great for everyone out there to NOT do business with any
> companies that do not openly support tethering on unlimited data
> plans...
> but i guess as long as there are sheep...
>
>
> message ends
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> On 1/2/13, Taylor Alexander <tlalexander at gmail.com> wrote:
> > That requires an app on the PC you're tethering with (it's not wifi
> > tethering), but it works, and the developer is cool and supports the open
> > source community.
> >
> > I was going to comment on this earlier, but really ANY android phone that
> > you can install cyanogenmod or AOSP/AOKP on will work for WiFi tethering
> > (those builds will have tethering included - it's actually part of stock
> > android but carriers remove it).
> >
> > Also, if you want Wifi tethering, that can use a lot of power - sometimes
> > more power than a charger normally can provide, meaning that even plugged
> > in, the phone's battery might drop or even die with heavy use. Most
> likely
> > though that won't really happen.
> >
> > As far as no contract, unlimited data, etc, I have no idea. I think
> Sprint
> > might still allow unlimited data, but I'm not sure.
> >
> > I tether all the time with my Galaxy Nexus on Verizon without any
> tethering
> > data plan and no one ever seems to notice, so I think the only issue is
> > finding a carrier that will give you unlimited data.
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 6:49 PM, maestro <maestro415 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> *anyone know this app, have used, thoughts???...
> >>
> >> *
> >> <
> http://lifehacker.com/5872489/clockworkmod-tether-tethers-your-android-phone-for-free-no-root-required
> ><
> http://lifehacker.com/5872489/clockworkmod-tether-tethers-your-android-phone-for-free-no-root-required
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> message ends
> >>
> >>
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> >>
> >>
> >> On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 10:31 AM, maestro <maestro415 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> *thanks...
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Tue, Jan 1, 2013 at 4:49 PM, Dean Mao <dean.mao at hackerdojo.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> I use the tmobile 4g plan, 100 minutes, 5GB data, no contract, $30 a
> >>>> month.  I use the data plan to provide me with "extra minutes" via
> >>>> google
> >>>> voice and my freeswitch voip server.  The extra minutes via my voip
> >>>> server
> >>>> are around 1 cent a minute, or if it's from google voice it's free.
> >>>> I'm
> >>>> just using an old Nexus S phone running cyanogenmod 9, but I assume
> you
> >>>> can
> >>>> probably get any cyanogenmod compatible phone and it would work fine.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On Tue, Jan 1, 2013 at 2:09 PM, maestro <maestro415 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> *any good info on CURRENT/NEW droid or open source phones that can be
> >>>>> tethered WITHOUT $charges or drop in data transfer after any point in
> >>>>> time
> >>>>> (of course having to hack this is fine as long as it WORKS ALL THE
> >>>>> TIME)
> >>>>> will be much appreciated and you can hit me off-list or let others
> know
> >>>>> in
> >>>>> a continuing thread...
> >>>>>
> >>>>> *also which data plan company (if one) please...
> >>>>>
> >>>>> basic requirements:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>    1. must be open source and fully hackable
> >>>>>    2. best price possible
> >>>>>    3. have physical keypad(i will sacrifice this if there is no other
> >>>>>    choice but really prefer to have one)
> >>>>>    4. must be able to tether unlimited (can leave online as long i
> >>>>>    want) at highest possible unlimited data rate
> >>>>>    5. prefer no contract (if i can't get around this, one with a low
> >>>>>    flat rate)
> >>>>>
> >>>>> i will be looking around on droid dev/hack sites, hackaday/lifehacker
> >>>>> et.al but like to see what you folks come with...
> >>>>>
> >>>>> so far new htc droid and another have caught my eye but being how new
> >>>>> they are not much hacking on them yet...
> >>>>>
> >>>>> thanks for any and all knowledge...
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> happy new year...
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> message ends
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
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> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> Dean Mao
> >>>> dean.mao at hackerdojo.com
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> >>>>
> >>>
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