ironbuttwannabe Posted August 13, 2010 Report Share Posted August 13, 2010 Anyone know if any Sprint phone is capable of hooking up to a computer and used as a modem for the computer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jporter12 Posted August 13, 2010 Report Share Posted August 13, 2010 According to Sprint? NO.Have i done it? Yup! Wifi tether on my Hero (android phone) when I need it now, and I had done so on the Instinct before that. Check out www.sprintusers.com and see if your phone can do it. I think they have changed things to make it more difficult in most phones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironbuttwannabe Posted August 13, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2010 What the fuck is a "modem"? Well whatever it is called. I have this broadband USB modem that I use. I want to eliminate the broadband modem and use a cell phone if it is possible. Seems not too complicated, but not sure if it is available Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jporter12 Posted August 13, 2010 Report Share Posted August 13, 2010 What the fuck is a "modem"?I haven't used a modem in years! I'm surprised some laptops still have them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jporter12 Posted August 13, 2010 Report Share Posted August 13, 2010 Well whatever it is called. I have this broadband USB modem that I use. I want to eliminate the broadband modem and use a cell phone if it is possible. Seems not too complicated, but not sure if it is availableA rooted "hacked" Android phone can, and uses the phone as a wireless access point! Otherwise, there's an app for that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jporter12 Posted August 13, 2010 Report Share Posted August 13, 2010 "This piece of shit ate all of my pron again!!"Pauly got caught in a pronado! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktmdirtryder Posted August 13, 2010 Report Share Posted August 13, 2010 I'm using Sprint "Mobile Broadband" right now. Killer speeds... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AOW Posted August 13, 2010 Report Share Posted August 13, 2010 what phone do you have? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jporter12 Posted August 13, 2010 Report Share Posted August 13, 2010 I'm using Sprint "Mobile Broadband" right now. Killer speeds...I don't think I've ever had a test come back that low. EVER! Signal weak? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obesityrules Posted August 13, 2010 Report Share Posted August 13, 2010 internet on my blackberry is slow as fuck with sprint, i have not even wasted my time trying to tether it.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktmdirtryder Posted August 13, 2010 Report Share Posted August 13, 2010 I don't think I've ever had a test come back that low. EVER! Signal weak?Oh yeah. The connection manager says 0%. I can roam on Verizon with a great signal where I'm at, but we only get 300MB of roaming data a month. I'm camping in the middle of nowhere right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jporter12 Posted August 13, 2010 Report Share Posted August 13, 2010 Oh yeah. The connection manager says 0%. I can roam on Verizon with a great signal where I'm at, but we only get 300MB of roaming data a month. I'm camping in the middle of nowhere right now.I shut down all the Verizon and At&t guys a few weeks ago, down in Hocking, nobody could get enough signal to get a call out, except me, with Sprint. It's been a rare occasion when I've had no service and others have. I just thought it was humorous, with all the bashing people have given me over being with Sprint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warpspeed Posted August 13, 2010 Report Share Posted August 13, 2010 oddly enough, I get more speed out a tethered sprint phone here than my dsl..... 1.8mb with the phone and 1.5 with dsl....go figure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgetz524 Posted August 13, 2010 Report Share Posted August 13, 2010 A rooted Sprint Moment can wireless tether. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironbuttwannabe Posted August 13, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2010 I just have the Rumor2 phone now. I thought about getting a newer phone that is better for the internet, with the unlimited everything plan. But keep the Rumor2 for a phone line for the barn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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