Rogers, Android, tethering...

[Bob Jonkman]

Maybe it's the phone or the firmware, not the carrier. I'm on Wind 
Mobile, which does support tethering.  Unfortunately, the latest 
firmware I've put on my phone doesn't support USB tethering well (keeps 
dropping), and WiFi tethering doesn't work at all.  It's an LG P999 
phone and I'm currently running the Genesis ICS variation of 
Cyanogenmod. The stable CM7.2 release works fine, but it's a hog on 
power, and so *old*!  Any suggestions for stable ICS or Jellybean 
firmware for the P999 are appreciated...

--Bob.



On 2012-08-20 16:39, James Knott wrote:
> Peter King wrote:
>>> >Why not use WiFi tethering?  That's what I do.  I enable the WiFi
>>> >hotspot function of my phone and use that.  Works well and I don't need
>>> >any cables.  Also, it supports tethering up to 8 devices.
>> Tried it, also doesn't work. I guess Rogers is a step ahead this time.
>
> Why do you say it doesn't work?  Rogers promotes tethering in some of
> their ads.  IIRC, only the smallest data plan doesn't allow tethering.
> Given your problems with both tethering and using a portable hot spot, I
> suspect your problems lie elsewhere.  With my phone, I had to configure
> the hot spot feature and then enable it when I want to use it.  Have you
> done that?
>
> To configure the hot spot feature on my phone, I had to enter a Network
> SSID, security type and password.  Security type should be WPA2 PSK,
> unless you have older hardware that doesn't support it.
>
>
> Here's some info from the Rogers site:
>
> "What is tethering
>
> Tethering is the use of your phone as a wireless modem to connect to the
> Internet from your computer. If you subscribe to a data plan which
> includes at least 1GB of data transmission and if you have a compatible
> device, you may use tethering as part of the volume of data included in
> your plan at no additional charge."
>
> <http://www.rogers.com/web/Rogers.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=search&Ntt=Tethering>
>
>
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