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Old 11-27-2011, 11:35 AM   #1
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Question Tethering on Gingerbread

Quick question and for USA customers

Do you guys have Tethering working on your Gingerbread smartphone without paying extra? I just discovered that mine does not work on my Galaxy SII, on Tmobile, not without paying.

However, if I remove the SIM card and use it on my previous Froyo cellphone, it works.

Not sure if is a hardware block or carrier block or a combo.

Any comments?
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Old 11-27-2011, 07:31 PM   #2
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Quick question and for USA customers

Do you guys have Tethering working on your Gingerbread smartphone without paying extra? I just discovered that mine does not work on my Galaxy SII, on Tmobile, not without paying.

However, if I remove the SIM card and use it on my previous Froyo cellphone, it works.

Not sure if is a hardware block or carrier block or a combo.

Any comments?
You have to root your galaxy s2 to tether for free. You have to freeze tethering manager or uninstall it.

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You have to root your galaxy s2 to tether for free. You have to freeze tethering manager or uninstall it.
Really? do you mind which carrier do you have ...
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Some carriers disable tethering on android phones, most do it so they can sell you a tethering plan and activate it. I know At&t can detect when you are tethering and warn you that they will activate a tethering plan on your account if you keep it up, I don't know about T-mobile so you might want to research that before rooting and activating tethering.
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Old 11-29-2011, 09:53 AM   #5
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Quick question and for USA customers

Do you guys have Tethering working on your Gingerbread smartphone without paying extra? I just discovered that mine does not work on my Galaxy SII, on Tmobile, not without paying.

However, if I remove the SIM card and use it on my previous Froyo cellphone, it works.

Not sure if is a hardware block or carrier block or a combo.
It's not really Gingerbread that's the issue. It looks like T-Mobile tightened their tethering policy starting with the new batch of Androids (specifically, the Galaxy S2).
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Old 11-29-2011, 11:37 AM   #6
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No, no planning on rooting, but will keep my old Sidekick. Because I travel, even international, I really need that feature.

With Sidekick, I can also make USA phone calls (via wifi) even if I'm in South America. I'm afraid that feature was also dropped on SGII.

By the way, thanks for clarify.
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Really? do you mind which carrier do you have ...
I am on T-mobile with a rooted SII. Still tethering when needed away from wifi.
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I'm on t mobile in the us with an Android phone running gingerbread 2.3.5 and I tether with no problems. I do have it rooted and have a custom cm7 ROM. I'd go with the previous solution and try rooting. You can always unroot if you need to return it.
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