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Bankswood

Android Expert
Aug 23, 2010
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Charlotte
Has anyone figured out hoe to do a work around for free hot spot wifi without rooting your Droid X. I have tried several things but to no avail. Not trying to be a cheap skate but I will probably only use the hotspot rarely and since I have 5 phones (family) and pay Big Red $225 a month already I would like to have this as a feebee.
 
Has anyone figured out hoe to do a work around for free hot spot wifi without rooting your Droid X. I have tried several things but to no avail. Not trying to be a cheap skate but I will probably only use the hotspot rarely and since I have 5 phones (family) and pay Big Red $225 a month already I would like to have this as a feebee.

not flaming. you can do whatever you want with your phone. but i think it's silly to justify it by saying you have 5 phones, and are paying $225. that's 5 people, only paying $45/month. that isnt exactly a lot of money.

there are businesses that have 5-figure bills every month, and they dont get the hotspot for free.

however, try PDAnet. you can tether for free with that app if you dont wanna toggle the radio every time you want to connect.
 
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Yes! I have found a way! You simply go into
settings>wireless and networks>Mobile Networks>Acess Point Names
then press menu>Add new APN
Fill information out as the following (Case Sensitive)

Name: Wi-Fi

APN: wap.cingular

Proxy: wireless.cingular.com

Port: 80

Uname: WAP@CINGULAR.COM

Pw:CINGULAR1

MMS Protocol: WAP 2.0

MCC: 310

MNC: 410

Now when your done with that you press your menu button again and "Save" then you will go back you will see that MEdia Net has the green Dot, you need to click on "Wi-Fi" the one you just created. After that just go back to your home screen, Reset your phone and now Wifi Hotspot works for free!
*Thanks Button!*
 
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Yes! I have found a way! You simply go into
settings>wireless and networks>Mobile Networks>Acess Point Names
then press menu>Add new APN
Fill information out as the following (Case Sensitive)

Name: Wi-Fi

APN: wap.cingular

Proxy: wireless.cingular.com

Port: 80

Uname: WAP@CINGULAR.COM

Pw:CINGULAR1

MMS Protocol: WAP 2.0

MCC: 310

MNC: 410

Now when your done with that you press your menu button again and "Save" then you will go back you will see that MEdia Net has the green Dot, you need to click on "Wi-Fi" the one you just created. After that just go back to your home screen, Reset your phone and now Wifi Hotspot works for free!
*Thanks Button!*

Hi. None of those options exist in my mobile networks menu. Just system select. No way to set up APN's. I wonder why we have different menus.
 
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