[Noisebridge-discuss] /tether.me

Tue Jan 8 06:46:09 UTC 2013

The FoxFi app for WiFi tethering works great on my Motorola Droid 4 with
the stock Verizon 4.0.4 ROM.  I don't believe it even needs root
permissions (though perhaps I granted on install and forgot).

The Motorola Droid series is generally pretty solid hardware.  The
slide-out keyboards on them are awesome.  The 4 has a glued-in battery
that's way to small, which is my main issue with the phone.  (Also, they
eliminated the ~ key.  Grrr.)  You might be able to find a good price on an
unlocked Droid 3 on Ebay or something if your carrier of choice supports
CDMA.

On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 11:48 AM, Taylor Alexander <tlalexander at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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
>> __________________________________________________________________________
>>
>>
>> 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
>> >>
>> >>
>> ___________________________________________________________________________________________
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> 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
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> _______________________________________________
>> >>>>> Noisebridge-discuss mailing list
>> >>>>> Noisebridge-discuss at lists.noisebridge.net
>> >>>>> https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/noisebridge-discuss
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> --
>> >>>> Dean Mao
>> >>>> dean.mao at hackerdojo.com
>> >>>> Come visit us, we love new people!
>> >>>> www.hackerdojo.com
>> >>>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >> _______________________________________________
>> >> Noisebridge-discuss mailing list
>> >> Noisebridge-discuss at lists.noisebridge.net
>> >> https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/noisebridge-discuss
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Noisebridge-discuss mailing list
> Noisebridge-discuss at lists.noisebridge.net
> https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/noisebridge-discuss
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.noisebridge.net/pipermail/noisebridge-discuss/attachments/20130107/1c2424fc/attachment-0003.html>