Didn't Know My Pre- Could do That. . . NICE!

Something224 · 10/15/2011, 01:31 AM

Did you know with the app 'freeTether' that your pre- can have a mobile WiFi hotspot. Found this out while out at a restaurant tonight and almost chocked on my dinner.

pre- + freeTether + touchpad = AMAZING!

WICKEDCONTRA · 10/15/2011, 02:48 AM

yeap. been doing this since touchpad came out.

sledge007 · 10/15/2011, 03:43 AM

Awesome isn't it?

makes for a lousy ~2.5 hours battery life, but nothing a 12 volt power point won't fix for me.

Something224 · 10/15/2011, 11:13 AM

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Originally Posted by sledge007

Awesome isn't it?

makes for a lousy ~2.5 hours battery life, but nothing a 12 volt power point won't fix for me.

Batteries are only $3 on amazon :-) .

bs03 · 10/15/2011, 01:15 PM

Don't know which carrier you are on, but I know ATT has been going after anyone who tethers on a regular data plan. They have a "special" tethering plan that you have to sign up for.

netwrkr9 · 10/15/2011, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by bs03

Don't know which carrier you are on, but I know ATT has been going after anyone who tethers on a regular data plan. They have a "special" tethering plan that you have to sign up for.

Been doing that since July, Pre + Touchpad. BTW, unlike Mobile Hotspot, FreeTether does not show up as tethering, so tether away my friends

dzee206 · 10/15/2011, 07:42 PM

ever since i got my pre and pixi i could never get free tether to work for some reason, damn it.

friskies64 · 10/15/2011, 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by netwrkr9

Been doing that since July, Pre + Touchpad. BTW, unlike Mobile Hotspot, FreeTether does not show up as tethering, so tether away my friends

Does it really? I've been hesitant to use it because if AT&T were to see it as tethering, I'd be breaking my terms of service twice because I'm using a feature phone unlimited data plan on my Pre 2 (I should use a smartphone plan and my current plan doesn't allow tethering).

arrowslinger · 10/19/2011, 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by friskies64

Does it really? I've been hesitant to use it because if AT&T were to see it as tethering, I'd be breaking my terms of service twice because I'm using a feature phone unlimited data plan on my Pre 2 (I should use a smartphone plan and my current plan doesn't allow tethering).

Freetether shows on sprint I got a polite little phone call

sledge007 · 10/19/2011, 06:06 PM

Doesn't show on Bell, at all, and neither does the rest of my data.

arrowslinger · 10/19/2011, 06:11 PM

Let me readjust that a bit.

The call was "why is your data so high?" my fault entirely they found it was from tethering

RICKV · 10/19/2011, 06:24 PM

Mobile HotSpot does not work on Rogers in Canada, and I have been using FT since July with no calls, complaints or feedback on data usage...

-- Sent from my HP TouchPad using Communities

sledge007 · 10/19/2011, 06:47 PM

RICKV, what's your average data usage with your Pre2? That's the only reason why I don't want to give up my Pre-, as Bell's CDMA data recording doesn't record properly. I'm using fT easily 10 hours/night, 5 nights/week.

Just wondering what it says when you text to TCARE and what it says your usage is.

RICKV · 10/19/2011, 08:17 PM

I have to admit I am pretty clueless as to what my usage is.

You are saying there is a way I can find out through texting something?

From my Pre2 browsing to the myAccount page, I can't get the data usage info...

Describe me the text method and I'll try out to see if I can get a result.

-- Sent from my HP TouchPad using Communities

sledge007 · 10/20/2011, 09:31 AM

Go to your text app, and type in TCARE or 82273 for the "To" box
then in the message, press any key (....this is where you'll get stuck looking for the anykey....)

and then you'll get a message back A for account balance, B for usage, C for extra features.
Press the appropriate action, you can only do one at a time. When you hit B, it hits you back with about 6 messages with detailed usage (calls, minutes, texts, picture messaging, data), and I think it's accurate within the last 2 hours.

Then you'll know what they think you're using. I'm lucky to hit 40MB/month, according to them

It's a known issue, but they don't seem to care, so I'm taking advantage of it. Last time I checked the max you could buy for data was 3GB...and $0.05/MB after that. The rate I'm using freeTether....I don't want to find out what that would cost.

RICKV · 10/20/2011, 02:44 PM

I have sent the SMS but have never received any responses...

Might be inactive due to the corporate account thing. From a corporate plan perspective, the only thing I know is that we have (or supposed to have) unlimited data with Rogers.

To that effect I never really bothered as to try and figure out my consumption...

On a day to day basis, I mostly do emails, some instant messaging, small files here and there, VPN to get some internal information, browsing for images, and in some cases I may have to get video feeds. Back home I have my personal WiFi and if I'm on the road most Hotels have WiFi as well. I use it mostly when at customer site and don't have authorization to connect through their network.

Considering my home service consumption when I work from Home I would assess an average of .75Gb / day. I use the tether between 5~10 days days / month so My tether consumption would vary between 4~10Gb / month depending on the month and the number of days I'm on the road that month.

Hope this helps.

I am waiting for Rogers to issue their new Sierra LTE card to order my new service.
Might even buy a USB router and kill my home connection all together...

10/15/2011, 01:31 AM	#1 (permalink)
Something224 Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: KC Posts: 30 Likes Received: 1 Thanks: 15 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Didn't Know My Pre- Could do That. . . NICE! Did you know with the app 'freeTether' that your pre- can have a mobile WiFi hotspot. Found this out while out at a restaurant tonight and almost chocked on my dinner. pre- + freeTether + touchpad = AMAZING!
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10/15/2011, 02:48 AM	#2 (permalink)
WICKEDCONTRA Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 81 Likes Received: 13 Thanks: 19 Thanked 5 Times in 4 Posts	yeap. been doing this since touchpad came out.
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10/15/2011, 03:43 AM	#3 (permalink)
sledge007 Forum Moderator Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Calgary Alberta Posts: 5,066 Likes Received: 721 Thanks: 971 Thanked 888 Times in 645 Posts	Awesome isn't it? makes for a lousy ~2.5 hours battery life, but nothing a 12 volt power point won't fix for me. __________________ Sent from my TouchPad, laying in my hammock.
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bs03 Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: New Jersey, USA Posts: 161 Likes Received: 10 Thanks: 23 Thanked 9 Times in 9 Posts	Don't know which carrier you are on, but I know ATT has been going after anyone who tethers on a regular data plan. They have a "special" tethering plan that you have to sign up for.
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dzee206 Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: 420 heaven Posts: 140 Likes Received: 2 Thanks: 27 Thanked 8 Times in 8 Posts	ever since i got my pre and pixi i could never get free tether to work for some reason, damn it. __________________ If you dont want voice dial, do this in terminal novacom -t open tty:// mount -o remount,rw / ipkg remove pmvoicecommand rm -r /usr/palm/applications/com.palm.sysapp.voicedial/ mount -o remount,ro / reboot
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sledge007 Forum Moderator Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Calgary Alberta Posts: 5,066 Likes Received: 721 Thanks: 971 Thanked 888 Times in 645 Posts	Doesn't show on Bell, at all, and neither does the rest of my data. __________________ Sent from my TouchPad, laying in my hammock.
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RICKV Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 90 Likes Received: 12 Thanks: 20 Thanked 15 Times in 13 Posts	Mobile HotSpot does not work on Rogers in Canada, and I have been using FT since July with no calls, complaints or feedback on data usage... -- Sent from my HP TouchPad using Communities __________________ HP Touchpad, Palm Pre2. If you like the help I am providing Support my work:
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10/19/2011, 06:47 PM	#13 (permalink)
sledge007 Forum Moderator Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Calgary Alberta Posts: 5,066 Likes Received: 721 Thanks: 971 Thanked 888 Times in 645 Posts	RICKV, what's your average data usage with your Pre2? That's the only reason why I don't want to give up my Pre-, as Bell's CDMA data recording doesn't record properly. I'm using fT easily 10 hours/night, 5 nights/week. Just wondering what it says when you text to TCARE and what it says your usage is. __________________ Sent from my TouchPad, laying in my hammock.
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10/19/2011, 08:17 PM	#14 (permalink)
RICKV Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 90 Likes Received: 12 Thanks: 20 Thanked 15 Times in 13 Posts	I have to admit I am pretty clueless as to what my usage is. You are saying there is a way I can find out through texting something? From my Pre2 browsing to the myAccount page, I can't get the data usage info... Describe me the text method and I'll try out to see if I can get a result. -- Sent from my HP TouchPad using Communities __________________ HP Touchpad, Palm Pre2. If you like the help I am providing Support my work:
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10/20/2011, 09:31 AM	#15 (permalink)
sledge007 Forum Moderator Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Calgary Alberta Posts: 5,066 Likes Received: 721 Thanks: 971 Thanked 888 Times in 645 Posts	Go to your text app, and type in TCARE or 82273 for the "To" box then in the message, press any key (....this is where you'll get stuck looking for the anykey....) and then you'll get a message back A for account balance, B for usage, C for extra features. Press the appropriate action, you can only do one at a time. When you hit B, it hits you back with about 6 messages with detailed usage (calls, minutes, texts, picture messaging, data), and I think it's accurate within the last 2 hours. Then you'll know what they think you're using. I'm lucky to hit 40MB/month, according to them It's a known issue, but they don't seem to care, so I'm taking advantage of it. Last time I checked the max you could buy for data was 3GB...and $0.05/MB after that. The rate I'm using freeTether....I don't want to find out what that would cost. __________________ Sent from my TouchPad, laying in my hammock.
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10/20/2011, 02:44 PM	#16 (permalink)
RICKV Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 90 Likes Received: 12 Thanks: 20 Thanked 15 Times in 13 Posts	I have sent the SMS but have never received any responses... Might be inactive due to the corporate account thing. From a corporate plan perspective, the only thing I know is that we have (or supposed to have) unlimited data with Rogers. To that effect I never really bothered as to try and figure out my consumption... On a day to day basis, I mostly do emails, some instant messaging, small files here and there, VPN to get some internal information, browsing for images, and in some cases I may have to get video feeds. Back home I have my personal WiFi and if I'm on the road most Hotels have WiFi as well. I use it mostly when at customer site and don't have authorization to connect through their network. Considering my home service consumption when I work from Home I would assess an average of .75Gb / day. I use the tether between 5~10 days days / month so My tether consumption would vary between 4~10Gb / month depending on the month and the number of days I'm on the road that month. Hope this helps. I am waiting for Rogers to issue their new Sierra LTE card to order my new service. Might even buy a USB router and kill my home connection all together... __________________ HP Touchpad, Palm Pre2. If you like the help I am providing Support my work:
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