Bad news, you guys. Looks like after Google pulled all tethering apps from the Android Market, it had a change of heart and re-published them all. Problem is, the new terms of the tethering apps stipulate that they’ll only work for “all Android Market users outside the T-Mobile US network.”
That quote was part of a message sent to the developer behind an application called WiFi Tether for Root Users, a very excellent program that basically turns your G1 into a wireless 3G hotspot.
This doesn’t mean that there won’t be a myriad of hacks and workarounds that allow you to tether your G1 on T-Mobile’s network, it just means that T-Mobile won’t ever be okay with it. Perhaps T-Mo will develop its own tethering app, but you can bet it’ll cost a pretty penny per month on top of what you’re already paying.
[via Android Community]
Good thing the majority of us at Android Community already have root and the install, and running files backed up on our SDs :-P
So I guess they are going to charge me twice for my 10 gigs a month would be the plan?
For anybody who cares, you can also visit Android Community (or XDA.Developers.com) from the link above and learn to tether specific ports via USB, so although you can only affectively use one web soft at a time, it’s still great for productivity purposes.
Yeah cause nothing makes me feel good about a company like having them charge me a for data and then charge me again for the ’same’ data.
You want to know why all cel companies are universally reviled, it’s this kind of BS right here.
if you dont already have root and need the origional app its hosted on my site ….
http://droiddeveloper.com/tether-apps-removed-from-market/
Very useful, thanks!
Griffon: Yep, and their greed is what causes people to turn to hacks and things like that.
Time for a class action lawsuit? Seems to be the only language these thugs understand, regrettably.
Well, I just got off the phone with my T Mobile rep and I specifically asked if using my phone as a modem is permissible. His exact words were “T Mobile doesn’t support tethering, but it’s your phone you can do whatever you want to it. You can search on google and find ways to turn your phone into a modem”. So whatevs, this news isn’t a big deal.
Im thinking of trading my sidekick 2008 for this new g1 but sure if its a good phone are there any other complants bout it
I also just got off the phone with Tmobile cust support data service and they are telling me that “G1 cannot be used as as modem” and I asked again to clarify and they said its not possible. So if they are saying that this cannot happen then charging us tethering cannot happen too. I qwould watch my monyhly bill very closely and file a complain if there additional charges.