Teathering on T-Mo TP2?

azwildcat98 · 14th August 2009, 03:48 AM

Teathering on T-Mo TP2?

I am contemplating dumping my HTC Fuze and jumping ship from AT&T to T-Mobile just to get a Touch Pro 2, however I just got off the phone with T-Mo customer service and they informed me that you cannot tether the Touch Pro 2 to a laptop or use it as a modem.

Now I am sure the harware supports tethering and this is just something T-Mobile has decided to cripple, but how easy would it be to enable teathering? I hate the idea of paying $350 plus locking into a new contract and losing functionality from my Fuze!

Genesis3 · 14th August 2009, 03:56 AM

Baloney.

Internet sharing is on the phone and the HTC WiFiRouter works perfectly.

I have tested both.

azwildcat98 · 14th August 2009, 04:38 AM

Thank you for the fast response, and for clearing this up! Once again, knowledge gained from this site continues to impress me!!!

pagelad · 14th August 2009, 01:06 PM

I think what the T-Mobile people were actually getting at is your not supposed to do it.

I think its in the T&C's that if you have a data plan you wont use it through a computer and to watch video etc

(I use it all the time though and they dont enforce it)

Genesis3 · 14th August 2009, 01:58 PM

You can tether (legitimately) on Total Internet (their old $20 plan) or the new "PDA" plans ($25 and $35, but include messaging.)

You CANNOT (according to the rules) do so on their "phone" plans (Web2Go I think now) but in some cases it will work. They're enforcing this with the TP2 by doing the "automatic add the feature" game based on IMEI, as they have with other smartphones they are selling now (especially the Android ones that won't work at all without it.)

Note that the TP2 has a number of included features (including embedded account management!) that doesn't work right, especially from the browser, if you use the Internet2 or Internet3 APN. You have to use "epc" if you want those to work.

I'm not sure why they'd care about video and such on the TP2 in particular, seeing as it has a Youtube video viewer BUILT IN FROM THE FACTORY in T-Mobile's software load!

ace10134 · 15th August 2009, 04:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Genesis3

Baloney.

Internet sharing is on the phone and the HTC WiFiRouter works perfectly.

I have tested both.

Where are you finding this "HTC WiFiRouter"?? (I'm on the T-Mobile version just like you guys)

I don't see it anywhere. I feel like such a newb, lol, even though I'm an ex-cook from my old Wing. So the WiFiRouter thing is pre-installed, right? And it'd let me create a WiFi hotspot for others to connect and use my data? That's what it sounds like.

Am I way off here? Or where the heck is this program? (Welcome everyone)

Genesis3 · 15th August 2009, 05:33 AM

Search for it here on XDA - its a CAB you have to load.

ace10134 · 15th August 2009, 05:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Genesis3

Search for it here on XDA - its a CAB you have to load.

Ok, lol. You made it sound as if it was pre-loaded. I'll find it. Thanks.

Greyfoxzero · 20th August 2009, 06:40 AM

T-mobile policy on tethering

Per policy it states that this type of 3g HSPCA device isnt allowed to tether and be used as a modem but the phone says otherwise. Also my theory on the last minute price jump on the tp2 is because tmobile can't stop it from being used as a modem on there smart phone data plans like they have with non rooted android devices. As an employee I researched this heavily before buying the TP2 and its one of the reasons why I went for the device. T-Mobile is so proud of their new 3g network but have made a lot of decisions to try and limit bandwidth consumption like removing push internet from the device. But anyway it should work. My disclaimer is that policy changes constantly at T-Mobile so this may not always be so.

ace10134 · 20th August 2009, 06:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Greyfoxzero

Per policy it states that this type of 3g HSPCA device isnt allowed to tether and be used as a modem but the phone says otherwise. Also my theory on the last minute price jump on the tp2 is because tmobile can't stop it from being used as a modem on there smart phone data plans like they have with non rooted android devices. As an employee I researched this heavily before buying the TP2 and its one of the reasons why I went for the device. T-Mobile is so proud of their new 3g network but have made a lot of decisions to try and limit bandwidth consumption like removing push internet from the device. But anyway it should work. My disclaimer is that policy changes constantly at T-Mobile so this may not always be so.

Lol. Yea, that's probably true. I wish if we could have the push internet, but we'll get that with custom ROM's! Take that T-Mobile!