3rd party apps implement "unofficial" tethering.. some preinstalled apps use another way for data exchange so you have to pay some extra fee for it^^

Originally Posted by WereCatf

AFAIK AT&T has explicitly requested Google to not allow installing any tethering apps on AT&T mobiles because AT&T does not allow tethering on their networks. AFAIK the same applies to Verizon, too, but I am not entirely certain of that as I'm not an American. (Thank god!)

Another reason i DO not use one of the big cell carriers.. I say if you get out of your contract. ditch at@t .. take yourself to cricketusers.com and get your phone unlocked and flashed over to Cricket wireless.Then be done with it ..

they told me they DO not care as long as you do not abuse there services.I have at&t work phone . well when i was working and my cricket phone is better signal.. good luck... I so hate being told what to do by others.. if i pay for something i wish to use it how i want.

I went back to the market and looked at it again. It did not say the app was not compatible with my device, it said the app is not available on my carrier so it is restricted by AT&T. Thankfully google's code labs doesn't care who downloads the APK file.

Originally Posted by CatFan

I went back to the market and looked at it again. It did not say the app was not compatible with my device, it said the app is not available on my carrier so it is restricted by AT&T. Thankfully google's code labs doesn't care who downloads the APK file.

I do not recommed doing that. AT&T monitors their network for tethering and if they notice you're doing it without using their app they can slap you with a really hefty extra fee.

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Originally Posted by erica_renee

Another reason i DO not use one of the big cell carriers.. I say if you get out of your contract. ditch at@t .. take yourself to cricketusers.com and get your phone unlocked and flashed over to Cricket wireless.Then be done with it ..

I'm glad I live in Finland. Here the carriers EXPECT you to tether and they do not restrict it in any way or form. They also offer contracts in several forms, like e.g. you can surf with maximum network speed but you're limited to 20GB a month, or you can surf with 1MBit/s speed but can upload and download as much as you want, etc. etc.

Finland rocks.

accounts here at Verizon wireless is like this as well.. they change like 10.00 a month for tethering.. with unlimited full speed for x amount of data. then they will slow your data rate. I think eis similar to them all except sprint.. THOU Sprints service sucks in my area.. they offer a account for 70.00 a month TOTALLY UNLIMITED . You can tether as your home wireless modem to your whole network . unlimited data at there FULL FASTEST SPEEDS.. i Have a friend using this plan. its the only internet she has.She does use it constant as she is a network admin for large company with many locations.. before this plan she was spending 500 plus a month on her cell bill...
There are options . legal options but all add cost to your account..I however belive tethered or on the phone itself you should be able to use your data allowance tethered..

you can connect two androids with bluetooth in settings, create an interface by running pand -c mac-address-of-host, find out the ip of the host and set up the gateway on the client. dun can be achieved too but you have to set up profiles, an interface with rfcomm and run pppd device call isp. I get about 0.7mbps down with either which is why i use usb with my a500 and its awful wifi

I'm on Verizon and I use the SVTP app to tether between my a500 and my Galaxy Nexus with no problem. I don't believe it requires root

Perhaps someone can help me with something here...

I just started with tethering... and I am wondering.... what is the difference between wifi tether and bluetooth tether? I have both on my phone.

Are they both the same thing? Why have both?

Is bluetooth tether just for rooted phones? If so why have the option on android if just for rooted phones....

hey, i know this doesn't always work on every device. i'm running an LG Optimus 3d (p920/p925) with my a500. is their any tricks or tips to get this working?

thanks

I Bluetooth tether my Samsung Precedent with my A500... I use PDANET Tablet on my a500 and FoxFi on my phone... works great. both need to be rooted.