Wireless Hotspot on Froyo w/o Custom Rom?

[bertpbno1]

Apologies in advance for the post; I'm sure this has been answered somewhere before, I'm just having a hard time finding it.

I have a Droid running the recent Froyo update. I'm wondering if there is a way to root my phone and do something (install an app?) that will allow me to use the phone as a wifi hotspot without installing a custom rom? I'm not a super adventurous user (mostly concerned about speed/stability); I would just like to utilize this feature if possible.

If it isn't possible to do this without installing a custom rom, is there a rom available that makes minimal changes to the standard OS just to enable a few missing features like tethering and wifi hotspot?

Thanks for the help, and again, sorry if this is posted somewhere and I just didn't see it.

 

[trav473]

yup, you sure can. go here >> http://androidforums.com/all-things-root-droid/141116-guide-rooting-2-2-windows-linux.html

That will get ya root access and keep everything else stock. then get ya a wifi tether app from the market.... Barncle is just one of the free ones that will get you there.

 

[blong4life]

Now if I did that (sorry for the thread hijacking), would the wifi hotspot feature be free (As in, no monthly fee)?

 

[trav473]

Now if I did that (sorry for the thread hijacking), would the wifi hotspot feature be free (As in, no monthly fee)?

well......, there would be no charge by doing it this way, but if you tether a lot this way, verizon could get on to you about because you are technically violating your contract.

 

[blong4life]

One last thing, if I have a hardware problem like a something goes wrong with the screen and I have the rooted phone would they beable to tell, or can you un-root it before you go to them?

Because my screen is very loose on the track, I think it'd be a warranty issue.

 

[darkside]

If you root, you can always go back to stock without root. There are lots of threads about how to unroot.

 

[blong4life]

Ok great and would going back to un-root be good enough for a warranty claim for a non-software issue, or would they know?

 

[darkside]

Once you unroot, as far as my understanding, there is no way they will be able to tell

 

[blong4life]

Ok thanks, I am going to try that link above see what happens.

 

[darkside]

Your on your way. If that way is confusing for you, this is the site that I followed to root my droid.

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