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Old June 22nd, 2012, 06:53 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Is it free to turn ur S3 into a portable hotspot? i know with some phones or providers its a monthly charge of 10 or 20 bucks. But i dont see a price when i go to that option on my AT&T S3, So does anyone know??

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Old June 22nd, 2012, 07:56 PM   #2 (permalink)
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No, I know it is not free through AT&T. I happen to have the "data pro 5GB data plan" with hotspot included. I am not sure what other plans with AT&T might offer it, or if you can purchase it individually, but if you call 611 on your AT&T phone, they will let you know which plans it is available with.
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Old June 22nd, 2012, 07:56 PM   #3 (permalink)
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you can do it for no charge with rooting, or you can pay 50/month for 5gb with tethering
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Old June 22nd, 2012, 08:33 PM   #4 (permalink)
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No, I know it is not free through AT&T. I happen to have the "data pro 5GB data plan" with hotspot included. I am not sure what other plans with AT&T might offer it, or if you can purchase it individually, but if you call 611 on your AT&T phone, they will let you know which plans it is available with.
i have the old unlimited plan, so its now 5gb then they throttle me, but if i use the portable hot spot i think it boots me off that plan and automatically puts me on the pro 5gb plan instead

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you can do it for no charge with rooting, or you can pay 50/month for 5gb with tethering


i knew that, but i just thought it was odd that there was no monthly price next 2 it, i will be rootin my phone anyway, but thank u for the info
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With my Motorola Atrix, this could be accomplish by creating a new APN pointing to wap.cingular (along with some other settings) and then making it the active APN. Unfortunately, I tried this with my S3 and it didn't work.
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Old June 23rd, 2012, 12:10 AM   #6 (permalink)
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Yes use FoxFi.

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thanks for the recommendation of foxfi!
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I can't believe you guys have to pay to tether/use your phone as a hot spot, that just sux!
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Old June 23rd, 2012, 01:32 PM   #10 (permalink)
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I can't believe you guys have to pay to tether/use your phone as a hot spot, that just sux!
its just 1 more reason to root
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I have never paid for tethering not 1 penny and never will. Plus all my phones are rooted so no reason too
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Is foxfi working ok on the ATT phones with no charges?
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Is foxfi working ok on the ATT phones with no charges?
No need to pay...Foxfi works great!
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PPL keep saying root, root, root. You don't have to root get hotspot you can use Foxfi and others.
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PPL keep saying root, root, root. You don't have to root get hotspot you can use Foxfi and others.
True you don't need root at all to use it but sometimes it makes it easier with root access
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