You Phone Has To Be Rooted In Order To Make It A Wi-Fi Hotspot And The Available App For Tethering FOR Your Phone Is Barnacle It Requires ROOT Access.
Not true, most service providers have a separate wifi hotspot data plan that you can pay for, no root required. Anything else and you run the risk of breaking the terms of service/contract from your provider. (not to mention it is against the site rules)
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Site Rules:
Tethering without required plans, working the system to return devices you broke, etc:
Tethering without a carrier required required plan is theft of services. You are stealing from the carrier. It goes beyond modifying your own personal device.
This is something we are not willing to help members do. Much like talk of how to work the system to return devices you've broke, etc. That too is theft.
Some say, "well, rooting is against the TOS, so....". Rooting, if against the TOS, could result in a suspended account. That is on you and your responsibility and we're willing to aide in letting you make that choice. It is your device, you should have that choice.
These issues aren't related to rooting in this sense and shouldn't be compared as such. This is a decision made by the owner of this privately run site, which we have the right to do and enforce.
Risking your device == ok.
Theft == not okay.
