Will the motorola cliq be able to tether somehow? I would need a phone I can occasionally use for internet on my macbook. Also, what's rooting exactly? Will I be able to do that on the cliq?
It has blue tooth and it is Android, so the phone *should* be able to tether. Chances are high that t-mobile will not allow it. There was a blow-up around this back in the March/April time frame because t-mobile did not want to have people tether. It ended with Google leaving tethering apps at the market, but blocking them specifically for t-mobile customers.
over at tmobile it was mentioned that USB drivers are needed on motorola phone and are available from motorola. Can someone verify this?
Yes the drivers are available online @ T-Mobile Motorola CLIQ USB Drivers download | T-Mobile Cellphones I have successfully tethered the Cliq via PDAnet on my VM XP machine running on a Macbook Pro. I havent been able to share the windows internet back to the MBP or figured out a bluetooth work around. I am hoping someone will figure a root for this phone. I also hope that a 2.0 release will come out. When I talked to Motorola they said:"Regarding your concern, at this moment we cannot confirm when an upgrade will be available. However the phone is ready to receive software upgrades to both the Google Android OS, and the Moto Blur interface, therefore upgrades are being planned, but we don't have a release schedule, or confirmation up to which Android version it's going to upgrade." With further questioning I was able to get an opinion."I think the upgrade will come shortly as it is a new phone with completely new features and functions, we will be continuously improving it." I guess only time will tell but I have no plans to keep this phone if T-Mobile and Motorola dont step it up.
Weird, do HTC phones require special USB drivers to connect phone to PC? Why does Motorola require special drivers? can you see the Cliq memory without the drivers? That's weird. Todd.
I dont know about the HTC, I would imagine not. The drivers are only required in Windows. OS X it just shows up as a device and then a flash drive. Anybody want to collaborate on rooting the Cliq let me know. I have some SDK experience and been playing with the MOTODEV Android studio. I really wanna get this thing rooted, it has potential
I downloaded the motorola drivers and pdanet. I am able to explore the SD card on my Motorola Cliq via my laptop. My device is not charging though. Can you only use the USB connection to do only one task at a time? During set up of pdanet on my Motorola Cliq I was prompted to use to use the device as a USB Drive or Charging Only. I selected USB Drive. Is this why the Cliq is not charging when it is connected to my laptop? How do I fix this? Thx in advance! P.S. I've used the Pocket PC and/or Windows Mobile Smartphones for the last 5 yrs so Android is a little new to me.
I'm haveing a hard time dowloading the program used for tathering. I have a click phone. When I try to download from tapnet I get an error saying file is not supported . Pleas help me. I have work to do and my husband forgot to pay the bills. I need internet access for my home pc.
PDA net only requires a $30 fee is u want to view secure sites after the 14 days. Otherwise u can surf the net
it was a piece of cake to set up on the cliq,,downloaded file from market..then downloaded files from junefabrics.com to my phone. followed instructions as far as setting on pc side and phone side, and it worked. took less then 20 mins to get running and that includes downloading and installing files.
Check out that link... i am currently running that rom and it has tethering by wi fi work great [ROM]DevTeam 1.0 [1/27/10] - Android Forums
Did you have to do anything special? I can connect perfectly to my Windows virtual machine in Parallels, but i cannot get it to connect in OSX. it connects, but i can't get an IP supposedly so i cannot go anywhere. I don't have 3G in my area is that a factor?
Tethering through PDAnet right now on a Lenovo PC on Win 7. Didn't need to do anything special. Just ran the setup and followed on screen instructions. It's pretty easy actually.
