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Help MetroPCS - Tether doesn't work on Firefox and Opera. Only I.E.

UnknownAlly

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Jun 21, 2010
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I'm used PDANet to USB-internet-tether my Optimus M.
I even purchased Easytether Pro.

The connection only works with Internet Explorer.
On Firefox, it loads up the lil icon next to the url, but the pages are blank and don't load up.
On Opera, it gives me a connection error.
Internet Explorer works fine but it freezes a lot because I'm running an Emachines that is meant for Vista. I have Win 7.

Any help is greatly appreciated.
 
You can also install add-ons to Firefox and IE to change the user agent string in the browser to match the one on the phone. This will allow tethering to work.
In the past this wasn't necessary, but Metro has been blocking by user agent for a while now, probably since the deployment of 4G where much more bandwith would be used by tethering. The TOS now specifically mentions tethering where previously it didn't.
 
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