Motorola Droid & Tethering to my laptop

[jasnmar]

Running Froyo now and there is a tethering option in the settings menu. Haven't tried it yet, nut it's certainly there.
jason

[EnterNameHere]

Do you see anything about the Wifi Hotspot?  If its part of the 2.2 update then sweet but if it's there but not functional then time to break my phone. 

[jasnmar]

I don't see anything about it, but I could be an idiot???

[hanny76]

Al Gore of cell phones??

[PJNC284]

The wifi hotspot won't be making it to the droid as it's apparently a hardware issue that won't allow it.  People have reported that USB tether is there but haven't used it.

[EnterNameHere]

While I have heard the tethering is there as well I call **bleep** on the part of the Wifi hotspot options.  The issue I see is that users that have rooted their droids already have the ability to make their phones into Wifi Hotspots.  So how is it that Verizon says the hardware doesnt support it but yet the rooted community says it does.  It all comes down to Verizon wanting to jab it's customers till they bleed for more money. 

[PJNC284]

There's a difference in the wireless tether apps and the mobile hotspot app.  Wireless tether only does ad-hoc connections which isn't supported by some devices so they won't be able to connect.  The mobile hotspot basically turns it into a wireless router allowing any wifi capable device to connect.  So while minor, there is a difference there and you can definitely bet that customers would be calling into customer service by the boat load if they had devices that couldn't connect because of the ad-hoc only connection.

[bpoole76]

{edit for TOS violation}

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momx3drr wrote:

I'm getting ready to go camping for 2 weeks & will need to access the internet so that I can complete my college class assignments.  I was mislead when I bought my Droid that I would be able to tether it to my laptop for a internet connection.  I've since learned that this is not possible alothough I do have the option of using my daughters upgrade for the Droid X.  I'd really rather not purchase a new phone before I leave town.  Can someone help me figure out how to tether my laptop to my cell or is this even possible?

Thanks so much!!!

Melissa

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 one is I think about 20 bucks and you will be able to access secure web sites. The free version will not allow secure web sites. Hope this helps!

[spud69]

Would you be willing to explain to me what the "rooted" issue means?  I don't know if I'm rooted or not or what the significance is one way or another.  Thanks for your time.

[TheGreatOne]

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spud69 wrote:

Would you be willing to explain to me what the "rooted" issue means?  I don't know if I'm rooted or not or what the significance is one way or another.  Thanks for your time.

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Rooting can't be discussed on this forum!  But,google is your best friend in this case