They don't reset. Only a NEW OTA update will reset the radio and that won't always do it. Long winded response mode with verified fix....ON.
CMA Disclaimer: WI-FI tethering is a billable service by your service provider. Any manipulation of your device with software intended for use by service personnel is assumed to violate your devices warranty and any service derived from such actions is assumed to violate your TOS. Any information provided is purely to assist in self troubleshooting a malfunctioning device. Also, if you brick your phone, it’s on you but if you’re careful and you pay attention, you can recover. This has been my personal experience on multiple devices/platforms. If you see something that looks strange.... STOP IMMEDIATELY before you make things worse.
I started this post on my phone but my run-on mouth made me switch to my laptop.
Mervin, subscribing to Verizon's tethering/hotspot service would fix the issue but you are throwing more money to big red for internet that you are already paying for. You have somehow transposed the address for tether, wifi, or bluetooth to the phone's port. That's why when you try to connect on your phone's browser, you get connected to the tethering subscription page. Or at least, you did, until you subscribed to the tethering service.
In more technical terms... the addresses you see in Ports 8041, 8042, 8043 are identical. These 3 all direct you to the same portal through the Verizon servers. These addresses are NEARLY identical to the address in 8040. The difference is a string of 8 characters in the 8041,2,&3 addresses, BETWEEN the first 2 characters and the last 18.
All 20 other characters are identical between the 4 addresses. 8040 is just 8 characters shorter at the beginning. But, total length is the same. Its made up with zeros at the end. 8040 sends you through Verizon’s open port hub straight to the net. Well…. It did.
Ex:
8040: 12345A6789012B345C6E000000....
8041: 12-09876Z5X-345A6789012B345C6E0000000......
8042 & 8043 are identical to 8041. Obviously the dashes aren't there. I'm using them to show the breaks where the differentiation is. Also, I know X&Z aren't in hex, I'm just illustrating. The “1” through “E” sections in all 4 ports are identical EXCEPT the characters between the dashes that only exist in 8041,2,3.
If possible, this is by FAR easier on a Windows XP machine. RadioComm and the drivers respond much better to the OS environment. This is not even possible on a D2G with Vista but with XP take only minutes.
Follow the instructions as you originally did for set-up. I’m expanding on that.
Basically, open an excel spread sheet. Expand one column really wide. Put 8040,8041,8042, & 8043 each in a line on the left of the spread sheet. Go into RadioComm and RDELEM EACH PORT and copy the address. Go to your spread sheet and paste the address into the appropriate box (the really wide one). DO THIS ONE AT A TIME. DO NOT HIT STELEM for ANY REASON at this time. From here on until I specify, everything is done in the spreadsheet so any screwups are easily fixed. Go back to the spread sheet and compare all four-128 bit addresses. At this point, we’re assuming they’re all the same. Now, go to the address in 8040, and delete characters 3-10. Should start with a number and end with a letter, leaving a number right after. At least, this has been my experience. Now, this is very important, you need to add 8 (eight)- zeros after the character string. Copy this entire string to the clipboard and go back to RadioComm.
At this point switch back over to RadioComm and be very careful what you do. All your numbers are saved now so you are recoverable but save yourself another migraine.
Go back to Port 8040 and RDELEM again. Click the string so it highlights and hit delete. Paste in your created string. Hit STELEM. Go back through each port and hit RDELEM and check your work to verify your numbers with whatever you do just like a highschool math final.Congratulations, you have recreated your *phones port addressing string*. What you do with it from here is up to you. Remember, you will NOT know if this worked as long as you are paying Verizon for the hotspot/tether fee.
Good Luck
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