[GUIDE] How to Get Free Wifi Tether on Droid Bionic!

doihaveto · Sep 12, 2011

ok got it

so radiocomm is useless with droid bionic then that is fine so now we just have to figure out how much we can get by with all this just using the settings.db changes.

I am assuming that verizon can tell we are using tethering despite us not being redirected to their page or can they or will we everknow before we start either getting big bills or auto signed up for tethering.

just how far does the changes to the settings.db file go in making us undetectable or does it merely let us tether but not do anything to hide that we are tethering.

thanks

rafarataneneces · Sep 12, 2011

What is the penalty if they do discover that you are using Wireless Tethering illegally?

I guess worst case scenario they make you pay the stupid $20

Anybody with experience in that?

idefiler6 · Sep 12, 2011

cellzealot said:
This is exactly why you need to have very clear warnings about using RadioComm to do anything with your phone. Users like this person will blindly think it is safe to do these things and without very concise and well informed instructions, or even despite them, you can really mess your phone up or even destroy it very easily in RadioComm.

To try to help this person, from your description there is no reason why simply restarting the device from RadioComm would do anything at all unless you changed something else or hit any other buttons in the GUI before restarting.

Please edit your OP immediately to remove the video.

THIS WILL NOT WORK AND IS DANGEROUS TO DO!!!

So...do you have better instructions posted somewhere? I've become interested for sure. It's either tether or rely on the garbage sprint 3g/4g card for my work laptop, which is the most unreliable piece of crap I've ever had my hands on.

idefiler6 · Sep 12, 2011

rafarataneneces said:
What is the penalty if they do discover that you are using Wireless Tethering illegally?

I guess worst case scenario they make you pay the stupid $20

Anybody with experience in that?

That, and they'll force you to get onto a tiered plan, so if you're grandfathered into unlimited, that will end.

vmspionage · Sep 12, 2011

cellzealot, thanks for your work on RadioComm. Do you have any reason to believe that vzw is using the sim to authenticate 3g dun as well? Do you know of any apps that would be beneficial in snooping authentication packets?

Someguy1027 · Sep 12, 2011

So I've read through this whole thread and think I've got the gist. Please let me know if this summary is correct:

It is no problem getting wireless tether to work using the OP instructions

At this point, although you can get it to work Verizon will know about it and likely end your grandfathered unlimited plan and put you on a tethering plan

Is this accurate as the situation currently stands?

idefiler6 · Sep 12, 2011

Let me make it clear that what I said in my last post is only substantiated by heresay and anecdotal claims. It has not happened to me personally, and I have no evidence to support it.

Sent from my DROID BIONIC using xda premium

vmspionage · Sep 12, 2011

Someguy1027 said:
So I've read through this whole thread and think I've got the gist. Please let me know if this summary is correct:

It is no problem getting wireless tether to work using the OP instructions

At this point, although you can get it to work Verizon will know about it and likely end your grandfathered unlimited plan and put you on a tethering plan

Is this accurate as the situation currently stands?

I've never heard of that happening and I doubt they would modify your original contract terms. More likely they will automatically sign you up for the cheapest tethering feature ($20/mo) or cancel your contract outright. In the latter case you may still be liable for an early cancellation fee since it was due to a TOS violation.

zedomax · Sep 12, 2011

don't abuse it

vmspionage said:
I've never heard of that happening and I doubt they would modify your original contract terms. More likely they will automatically sign you up for the cheapest tethering feature ($20/mo) or cancel your contract outright. In the latter case you may still be liable for an early cancellation fee since it was due to a TOS violation.

I've been tethering free on all carriers including Sprint, AT&T, T-Mobile(free anyways), and Verizon since 2010. They CAN terminate you but they are not going to do that unless you abuse the system.

Use your common sense and don't start downloading a bunch of torrent files off your Bionic 4G connection but if you are going to use it lightly perhaps at the mall or the airport, you should be fine. Verizon has nothing to gain from terminating users even if they are tethering but they might if you abuse the system.

Use common sense!

cellzealot · Sep 12, 2011

To be honest, I don't have all the answers to these questions yet.

Today will be my first day off since I got the Bionic so I can start taking a closer look at some of these things.

The fact is that VZW and the other carriers and the manufacturers are all working together to stop this practice and have implemented numerous different schemes to accomplish that.

The phone can still be read and programmed using QPST because the MDM6600 Qualcomm chip is handling CDMA/EvDO it requires those NVM parameters, but the values in those authentication strings for NAI and Tethered NAI are now different. We also do not have any diagnostic tools available in the wild to read and monitor the new Motorola LTE radio chipset in the Bionic. This the first time anyone has had the chance to see it. When they developed it, they didn't even have proper diagnostic monitoring software tools like QXDM for their testers to use in the field. All of that had to be developed internally and that was part of the delay in getting this device to market.

They have finally implemented the network side changes needed to differentiate internal and externally routed data in an new way.

We have lots of work to do now...ok?

idefiler6 · Sep 12, 2011

Fair enough. I can use PDAnet for a month free, should be plenty of time to at least have some answers to these questions.

rafarataneneces · Sep 12, 2011

Well I cancelled my tethering yesterday at the website, and boom, today the freaking trick stopped working in the middle of a meeting

We are trying to sign a contract for 7k with a client (I develop websites), and **** the tethering goes off

I don't know, I like Verizon, but I definitively have to pay $70 per month for their internet

I would pay

but their Bionic screen is so nasty and horrible I doubt I am going to stay with Verizon

However, if you PAY FOR TETHERING, this trick is pretty cool, as Tethering now takes half a second to activate

With the previous method, it took up to 4-5 seconds till the system verifies you

Now it just works, it's great

I guess if you pay for Tethering, you'll love this trick

rafarataneneces · Sep 12, 2011

If tethering stops working, please reboot your device

If I have free tethering, I might stay with freaking Verizon

I'm still confused.

For me, Sprint is the option that works great.

However, if Verizon has a decent dual core with 1GB of RAM and 4G speed, then it makes sense to stay with Verizon

I think the best thing to do is go to Sprint, use it for 6 months, then switch to Verizon again

It's nice to hack Verizon though, it's so nice I actually think I can stay in this network since having 5GB of internet and tethering for $50 (that's all I pay, I don't pay for minutes), it's pretty tempting

Matt4542 · Sep 12, 2011

Adhoc only? Want to tether to my 360, but it doesn't support adhoc >.<

zedomax · Sep 12, 2011

not adhoc

Matt4542 said:
Adhoc only? Want to tether to my 360, but it doesn't support adhoc >.<

Nope, its full infrastructure mode, using Verizon's own Mobile Hotspot app.

rexboe · Sep 12, 2011

I can't get it to give me a ip address I can connect but do not have internet access.

zedomax · Sep 12, 2011

did u try

rexboe said:
I can't get it to give me a ip address I can connect but do not have internet access.

Did u try changing the IP address settings? Try 192.168.22.2

Teewalk200 · Sep 12, 2011

I followed the sets for the wifi hot spot.. but with my droid bionic my computer will wont connect to wifi hot spot....and is there a way my old wifi tether can work bc i like being able to change the ip address

zedomax · Sep 12, 2011

try

Teewalk200 said:
I followed the sets for the wifi hot spot.. but with my droid bionic my computer will wont connect to wifi hot spot....and is there a way my old wifi tether can work bc i like being able to change the ip address

Try rebooting your computer or try connecting with another wifi device, sometimes its the computer that's not connecting.

Teewalk200 · Sep 12, 2011

ya i have tried that my other computer are the same its finds the droid wifi but wont connect just keeps trying and eventually quits its weird i should connect right away

whats do you think

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