Tethering with PDAnet/FoxFi

[myc8e]

So I was fed up with my 4-5 yr. old Bionic, but was grandfathered into unlimited data and enjoyed tethering the rooted phone with the native tethering feature. I saw a Verizon store and asked if I could get a new phone at contract price without losing unlimited data. They said "You shouldn't, but we might be able to swing it", and they did. I chose the G4 having no idea it was just released that day. I got it for the removable battery. I have been out of the loop for so long (Bionic, anyone?), I thought all phones could be rooted, so I was mad when I got home with my new phone and found out it couldn't be rooted. So I installed PDAnet. It worked straight away... for a few hours. After that, when I connected the phone to the PC, it wouldn't get recognized. I then installed the drivers from LG's site in stead of the one the app installed, and I disabled the "Verify apps over USB" developer option, and all is well. I can tether to a PC, then have the PC act as the wifi hotspot without a glitch. So if anyone is wondering if you can tether... yes you can. I don't imagine there are too many G4 users with unlimited data, however, so probably nobody cares. But if you do, this could be nice to know!

 

[ginglish]

You may not know that the VZW G4 has built in WIFI Hotspot support. Just turn it on when you need it. It does use data and is hard on battery life. But it works, at least on mine.