Motorola Droid
eris tethering?............
hey had a quick ? for you mupi if your still arround....this girl at my work was talking about her friend using her blackberry curve's 3g signal to search the internet on her laptop.....was wondering if this was possible on my droid ERIS 🤨 ? THANKS IN ADVANCE!!!!
IN A WORLD THAT DOESENT....DROID DOES!!! 😲
IN A WORLD THAT DOESENT....DROID DOES!!! 😲
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Possible? yes.
There's a couple ways to do it. One of them involves "rooting" your phone. Basically, this means hacking your phone to get increased access to the hardware.
Once you have "root" access (the UNIX term for Administrator rights, adopted by Linux, from which Android is derived), you can do all kinds of non-standard things, including using the built-in WiFi to create your own portable hot spot.
If you look at the "WiFi Hotspot" thread, the basic instructions there should work for Eris too.
The simpler method uses the USB port; you'll need to get the appropriate driver on your PC, as well as an app on your Eris, but it basically makes your phone appear to be a USB Ethernet card. It's simpler because you don't have ...
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There's a couple ways to do it. One of them involves "rooting" your phone. Basically, this means hacking your phone to get increased access to the hardware.
Once you have "root" access (the UNIX term for Administrator rights, adopted by Linux, from which Android is derived), you can do all kinds of non-standard things, including using the built-in WiFi to create your own portable hot spot.
If you look at the "WiFi Hotspot" thread, the basic instructions there should work for Eris too.
The simpler method uses the USB port; you'll need to get the appropriate driver on your PC, as well as an app on your Eris, but it basically makes your phone appear to be a USB Ethernet card. It's simpler because you don't have ...
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Here is a link to the thread I mentioned. Since someone might be reading this message in a year, when that thread might not be so easy to find:
https://www.phonescoop.com/phones/p_forum.php?fm=m&f ... »
https://www.phonescoop.com/phones/p_forum.php?fm=m&f ... »
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ok so would this be free if i rooted my phone? or would verizon still try to charge me for it? Also is the 30 dollar tethering fee worth it do you think??? i mean comon seriously your doing nothing different then useing the same connection that your already paying for in the first place right? or is that wrong? its just another way for them to charge you money wich is BULLSH*T if you ask me 👿 ....anyways thank you so much for the info and hopefully i can figure this out sometime
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From a soon to be owner of a Droid: Thank you for this link. I'm a current owner of a Nokia N95 and I use my phone to tether via wifi, using an app called Joikuspot. But the app for usb tethering with Android is PDAnet, it masks the data.
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(I'm moving my reply here, becuase the question I am replying to belongs under this message, not the other one... )
If you root you phone, you can do it free. However, if they catch you, you are technic...
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ok so would this be free if i rooted my phone? or would verizon still try to charge me for it? Also is the 30 dollar tethering fee worth it do you think??? i mean comon seriously your doing nothing different then useing the same connection that your already paying for in the first place right? or is that wrong? its just another way for them to charge you money wich is BULLSH*T if you ask me 👿 ....anyways thank you so much for the info and hopefully i can figure this out sometime
If you root you phone, you can do it free. However, if they catch you, you are technic...
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ok so im learning how to do this and these guys are talking about these mirror things? or websites or something... what is this??? also im getting the leaked 2.1 update is this considerd rooting my phone?
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I'm not sure. If it is actually the official 2.1 update, then it probably isn't really rooted. the "official" update won't give you the elevated permissions you need for things like tethering.
Many of the "leaked" updates I have seen are really rebuilt or scratch built rom images. These require root access (ie, "rooted") to install, and once installed, continue to give you those elevated privileges.
Not sure what you mean by mirror things? There's reflectors (usually called mailing lists), and Forums (like PhoneScoop). There's also creating an image (sometimes called a mirror) of you ROM, so you can restore it if you need to.
Many of the "leaked" updates I have seen are really rebuilt or scratch built rom images. These require root access (ie, "rooted") to install, and once installed, continue to give you those elevated privileges.
Not sure what you mean by mirror things? There's reflectors (usually called mailing lists), and Forums (like PhoneScoop). There's also creating an image (sometimes called a mirror) of you ROM, so you can restore it if you need to.
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ok so ive downloaded the file for the leaked 2.1 and when i put my sd card in my laptop i was supposed to place the file in the ROOT folder on my sd card however i cannot find a folder called root. i see the DCIM folder and stuff like that however does anyone know what the ROOT of the sd card is or where i may be able to find it? 🤨
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the root file is the default file.. as in /sdcard/yourfile.zip
Though a word of caution.. if you don't know what a root file is, you might want to consider NOT rooting your phone until you read up on it more.
Though a word of caution.. if you don't know what a root file is, you might want to consider NOT rooting your phone until you read up on it more.
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ive got it...lol man im retarted 🤣 but yea did the update have no complaints 😁 navigation works well 2.1 market is AWESOME..everything seems to work well to be honest....and i didnt have to "root" my phone in order to do the update unless putting the file in the root of ur sd card is considerd "rooting" your phone...i run the HTC DROID ERIS not the moto droid so im not sure if you guys are able to use the same ROM that i downloaded to get the update but i am POSITIVE that there is a ROM that you could download on your pc to do this with the MOTO droid....DO AT OWN RISK and PLUG PHONE IN WALL CHARGER WHILE COMPLETEING THE UPDATE TO PREVENT BRICKING. i wanna say thx to MUPI and all the others that are VERY smart and have helped me bet...
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cool cool i havent had a chance to check em out like say ive had my eris for about 3 months i love it and learn something everyday... i did have a ? about themes does anyone have any suggestions to use besides pandahome? i like pandahome but the only thing that i dont like is i cant find a cool weather widget or something like that.. im still exploring but if you have any cool suggestions as to themes or anything like that please post em up!! THX
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Just go to the marketplace and search for themes.
pandaHome is compatible with most themes available. Note that not all of them are free, of course.
There isn't exactly a widget in the same way that Sense has one, but if you get weatherbug, it has weather info, and it will show current conditions in the notification bar, along with a red triangle for alerts. The upgraded weatherbug might have a widget? I don't know. I'm pretty happy with the free one....
pandaHome is compatible with most themes available. Note that not all of them are free, of course.
There isn't exactly a widget in the same way that Sense has one, but if you get weatherbug, it has weather info, and it will show current conditions in the notification bar, along with a red triangle for alerts. The upgraded weatherbug might have a widget? I don't know. I'm pretty happy with the free one....
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SNo offense here, man...but maybe you should read up on exactly what "rooting" is, before considering it. Installing 2.1 didn't root your phone, unless the install required root, which it doesn't sound like it did. Rooting is simply gaining superuser access to the phone, which allows you to access functions normally not allowed. This is the same as a Linux OS, issuing a "sudo" command. If that doesn't make sense, then its the same as running commands or programs as an administrative user in Windows. You're basically enabling functions that "normal" users wouldn't usually need access to, and that can sometimes be dangerous, so they're blocked by default, and it takes a little effort to get to. After all, you wouldn't want to be able to delete...
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ya i apparently didnt root it wich im kinda happy with i guess just cuz i probably wouldnt use it for anything else other than tethering my laptop for free that would be it... other than that i love the nav and the pinch to see all your home screens is AWESOME 😎 other than that all ive noticed is that the phone runs a lot faster and also the market looks a hell of a lot cooler 😎 but anyways thanks for info on the "rooting" i apparently didnt have do do that but once agin THX for explaining it well.
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