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Native Tethering on HTC Evo

my question was more like, will Sprint allow native tethering on Evo (once Froyo launches) since they are charging an extra $30 for it?
Thanks man

Probably will disable the feature except for those who pay the money. They won't charge $30/mo but yet release Froyo which allows it for free.

As the guy said, Root = Free Tether. :D
 
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Probably will disable the feature except for those who pay the money. They won't charge $30/mo but yet release Froyo which allows it for free.

As the guy said, Root = Free Tether. :D

so what u r saying is that even with Froyo on, EVO won't be able to tether because Sprint will disable it for those who arn't paying $30/month but if I root the device, I will be able to? Sorry if this seems stupid but I am not a geek and am new to this. Thanks
 
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so what u r saying is that even with Froyo on, EVO won't be able to tether because Sprint will disable it for those who arn't paying $30/month but if I root the device, I will be able to? Sorry if this seems stupid but I am not a geek and am new to this. Thanks

Yep, that seems about right. Sprint won't allow those not paying the $30/mo to use the tether, because, well, then nobody will pay the $30/mo. Sprint also won't get rid of the $30/mo fee because it is extra money in their pocket, and businesses love to make money.

When rooting the device, it will be a way to free up any "locks" on the phone and therefore you can bypass the tether fee. I suspect a rooted 2.2 will have the native tether app, so you will not need to use apps on the market like PDANet.

I am not sure, but supposedly, PdaNet does not require rooting to use so you can supposedly pay the $20 for the app and have tethering on a non-rooted phone, and skip over the $30/mo fee. Though, I'll believe it when I see it.
 
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I am not sure, but supposedly, PdaNet does not require rooting to use so you can supposedly pay the $20 for the app and have tethering on a non-rooted phone, and skip over the $30/mo fee. Though, I'll believe it when I see it.
Bah, have you ever tried PDANet? It works, and it will work on the EVO.

Besides, there's a difference between a single-device tether and 8-device hotspot...
 
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Yep, that seems about right. Sprint won't allow those not paying the $30/mo to use the tether, because, well, then nobody will pay the $30/mo. Sprint also won't get rid of the $30/mo fee because it is extra money in their pocket, and businesses love to make money.

When rooting the device, it will be a way to free up any "locks" on the phone and therefore you can bypass the tether fee. I suspect a rooted 2.2 will have the native tether app, so you will not need to use apps on the market like PDANet.

I am not sure, but supposedly, PdaNet does not require rooting to use so you can supposedly pay the $20 for the app and have tethering on a non-rooted phone, and skip over the $30/mo fee. Though, I'll believe it when I see it.

With PdaNet you tether by hooking up your phone with the USB cord to your computer. It does not do wi-fi tethering. The only way to get wi-fi tethering is by rooting your phone.

I'm going to go with either Easy Tether or PdaNet when I get mine. I only need the internet for myself, so just hooking it up to my computer works for me. I don't like to share =)
 
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