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Thank you this is great!!!

That's not real tether it would suck to always carrying around a usb I can brodcast wifi to up to 5 people at once wirelessy to itouchs phones laptops etc I guess that's good for dumb people that can't root their phone though

I don't agree that it sucks to always carry around a USB cable, in fact its a pretty good idea if you don't want to run out of battery power.

And I also disagree that people are dumb if they don't want to root their phone, I think you'll find that the vast majority of users of any platform (iphone, android etc) are not the type to their hack there phone, and having a viable tethering option available to the masses is a big plus in my opinion.

I have my phone rooted by the way, luckily I wasn't too dumb ;-)

Oh and the word on wiki is defined in communication terms as:

so it is tethering using a usb cable.

No worries. I hope people without root can find this useful.

That is great but can you charge your phone that way? Do you carry a laptop bag? It's not hard to slip a USB cable in your laptop bag. Calling people dumb isn't cool and neither is your snobbish attitude. Considering how poorly worded your post was, I don't think it is too clever for you to be calling anyone dumb.

How does Tmobile feel about tethering?

When the G1 was released they stated at the press conference that they would do nothing to block tethering. Just remember, there is a 5GB cap in place with TMo.

I know that in the UK we technically get the Mobile Broadband Plus package with a 3 gig monthly limit (I have had this confirmed by a Customer care rep via email). This package is usually sold with a USB dongle for use with a laptop, so there is no issue with using it for tethering as far as I am aware.

This is not a hard limit. After the limit, they will reduce your throughput to below EDGE speeds.

Right. I just don't want people to think that they can have a field day and go all torrent crazy and not understand what happened to their connection.

Thanks for explaining that better.

G1 users carry a USB to frequently charge it anyway.

well, this dummy is happy with pda net, thanks! it took less than a minute to get online. rooting takes several hours.

I think it would be best to ignore the "dumb" comment from now on.

Just search for other post by tomdroid.

You'll see why it is best to just let it go.

ha, i clicked the link and the first thing to catch my eye was "tomdroid has not made any friends yet"

For those who have rooted their phone, this is probably the 2nd best app next to connectbot:

http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/

(also available on the market)

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I find this very useful and thank you. I do carry a netbook and although it has wifi I cannot get a signal in outdoor places so this helps with the 3g connection. I do not have my G1 broken so I am stupid but not stupid enough to NOT appreciate people ingenuity and generosity. (this being a free app) Thanks to all involved.

I don't see "PDA net" in the market - anyone mind helping me find out where it is?

it installs from your PC: http://junefabrics.com/android/index.php

I actually just did this. I have lost intelligence...

This app is awesome for those of us that don't want to hack our phones.

When tethering using WIFI does the 5GB limit apply?

Fantastic app... using it now.

Yeah, kind of like those dumb people that write in one long run on sentence?

I used to use PDAnet on my WinMo phones. It's a great app.

The supposed limit is 10 GB

it works great .. i mean its slower than my home connection obviously but this is great! I cant even begin to say how happy i am about this

I'm using PDA Net now. It works great and was super easy to install. Great app!

I second rdfry's comment ... the alleged T-Mo monthly limit is 10 gig.

Oh is it 10GB. Not bad. I will never reach that.

Ive searched the market for Pdanet and couldnt find it. Any idea? Im running rc33 no root. Hopefully Ive jus overlooked it.

It's not in the Market. Click the link on the first post.

Yup! It is a 10gb max, and they will just bump you down to Edge until your billing cycle closes..I've tried the wifi tethering apps in the Market, and I haven't found one that is actually secure (without paying $8.95). This one is, so i'm definitely rolling with this one...

I have two questions for anyone:

1) Can someone give me a relative example of what it means to use 10gb?

2) I've used the pdanet, but today it stops & a dialog box declares my version is expired. What gives?

I've already tried to search out these answer myself without luck or without understanding what's said. Please assume I'm a minimum wage earning grill cook without any tech sense (I'm actually unemployed, but the latter part is true).

thanks

I was wrong...I have a third question.

3) 10gb per what? Day, last hour?

I would have to disagree, I have not rooted not because I don't know how (I have already hacked many devices with no problem) but because I don't want to void my warranty and don't have time to go through and figure out how to hack yet another device. Plus I am waiting until I know how reliable it is.

It's 10GB in a 30 day billing cycle. The thing is, the average user probably will never get close to the 10gb max...unless your life is on the internet, and I mean all day, everyday, literally blowing the web up..and you download a lot of files/videos, movies, songs, etc., then the possibility is you'll get closer to it than most. But, realistically, put it this way...I'm using an 8GB memory card..I have 2 seasons of Dave Chappelle show, 4 movies, over 200 songs/ringtones, 300 pix, AND all of my apps backed up on my card, and I still have 2.5 GB left. hope that gives you somewhat of an idea. (10 GB is more than enough for the average user, IMO) Even if this method would be your only source for the internet, I think you'll be ok.

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I also have a rooted G1 and last night, I tested out BOTH pdanet and the ToggleTether app, which also gives you the ability to use ur phone as a modem over wifi. Even though pdanet is secured, its rather slow on Edge (actually listed it as a dial up connection on my networks screen)...on Toggletether which is unsecure, me and a friend were loading up pages in 35 secs at the same time off my G1/Edge connection (NM doesnt have 3G as of yet ..)

i cant get pda net to load properly i never get past the debug portion

Version 1.14(beta) appears to be pretty stable and usable. The only thing I had any problem with is that it does not appear to support FTP transfers, but I can do that directly from the G1.

It seems much more stable and perhaps a bit quicker.

someone please help me!!! windows auto installs the driver, and it detects no ADP interface. i've tried a 100 times, with no luck. Is there any way to manually install the driver or something? UGH!

I have been using PDAnet for almost 2 weeks and it works great but each time I go on SKYPE or Google Video Chat, my PDAnet connection to the Net book gets cut. Once in while I can get through and get a good video connection but most of the time it just cuts off when someone answers the phone. I can sometimes get a good audio connection but video rarely stays connected for more than a few minutes. I have talked to Tmobile and they say they are not doing this. I wrote to June Frabrics but they don't seem to be too interested to helping me with this now that they got their $29

10/12/09 - I'm running Donut on my G1, and PdaNet won't install on the phone. It seems to install ok on my PC (WinXP, SP3) but the install hangs when it tries to install on the phone. I had the phone set to install non-Market apps and had USB debugging turned on. I tried turning the phone off and on as the PdaNet help suggested, but it still just hangs at the phone install. Anybody have any suggestions? Has Donut simply blocked the ability to install this app??? Any suggestions would be appreciated.

It's not cpmpatible with donut yet, the dev will have to update it. Email the dev.