The below apps will allow you to use the tethering feature without paying your carrier any additional money, but you'll still have the same data limit you normally would. Root users have more options when it comes to enabling tethering, but even people who don't root can tether. The first method we're covering here doesn't require root. Luckily, there are ways to tether on any Android phone, even if your carrier has disabled tethering. This encourages you to pay up for the privilege of tethering. Android has an integrated tethering feature, but - if you get your phone from directly from a carrier - the carrier has the ability to disable the built-in tethering feature. Which highlights yet another irony: PdaNet gave me a taste of freedom from AT&T’s personal hotspot add-on fee-but only while I was tethered.Carriers generally expect to be paid an additional fee if you want to use your phone's data connection to access the Internet from a laptop, tablet, or other device. In comparison, the airport’s free Wi-Fi network delivered download speeds of about 1.1 Mbps and uploads of 3.7 Mbps. For example, at the Charlotte Douglas International Airport, the USB tethering mode’s download speed was roughly 3.4 Mbps and upload speed was about 3.3 Mbps on AT&T’s 4G LTE network. It consistently worked, and the connection speed it delivered was zippy.
Only the USB tethering option saved PdaNet from striking out completely. I reconnected, it worked again for a minute or two, and then the connection dropped again. The Bluetooth connection worked for a minute or two before dropping. Unfortunately, all attempts to use PdaNet’s Wi-Fi hotspot feature along with my MacBook Air and Samsung Galaxy Note were unsuccessful. And a third option lets you tether via USB cable and use your smartphone as a modem.
The app also promises to get you online via a Bluetooth DUN connection to your smartphone. PdaNet (current version: 3.50) is designed to turn an Android device into a personal Wi-Fi hotspot when combined with the free download FoxFi program and without having to root your device. More recently, I had mixed results with PdaNet for Android on my Samsung Galaxy Note. In March, I reviewed Tether, an HTML "app" that for $30 a year promised-but did not deliver-the ability to turn my iPhone into a personal hotspot.
0 kommentar(er)
