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Please forgive me if this is a stupid question, but I've only had my phone for a day. I'm coming from an iPhone 4, and I believe that if we wanted to use our phones as a mobile hotspot it cost extra and we had to have a special data plan for it.

I noticed on my skyrocket that there is an app that will allow you to use the phone as a hotspot. Can I use this with my grandfathered $30 unlimited data plan that I had with my iPhone or will it cost extra? Thanks for the help guys.
 
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Cowboy8467 said:
Please forgive me if this is a stupid question, but I've only had my phone for a day. I'm coming from an iPhone 4, and I believe that if we wanted to use our phones as a mobile hotspot it cost extra and we had to have a special data plan for it.

I noticed on my skyrocket that there is an app that will allow you to use the phone as a hotspot. Can I use this with my grandfathered $30 unlimited data plan that I had with my iPhone or will it cost extra? Thanks for the help guys.
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My understanding is that you are 'suppose' to have a tethering plan. However, I do not and tethering works. Same exact function on a friends Samsung Infuse is disabled and it asks him to get a tethering plan before its available. Maybe an oversight?

Also heard that there are 'apps' that will let you enable tethering... Have NOT found them myself yet... Maybe worth checking out?
 
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Gertex, what app are you using? built-in tethering?

my understanding is that the tetheringmanager.apk monitors your tethering usage and should require you to be on a tethering plan before being able to tether via wifi.

i would double check my bill...

now if you're rooted, you can just disable that sucker and tether freely (subject to AT&T's monitoring).
 
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Gertex, what app are you using? built-in tethering?

my understanding is that the tetheringmanager.apk monitors your tethering usage and should require you to be on a tethering plan before being able to tether via wifi.

i would double check my bill...

now if you're rooted, you can just disable that sucker and tether freely (subject to AT&T's monitoring).
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I think they still have a way of finding out you are tethering even when rooted with the tetheringmanager ap removed
 
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