Hi. I need some help and unfortunately I'm a beginner and so I haven't understood most of the answers already posted on this site.
I have an HTC Incredible on a Verizon data plan. What I want to do is turn my phone into a wifi hotspot (so that my ipad and other wifi devices can connect to it). From what I've read, this is possible -- there's supposedly a free app called "Barnacle wifi tethering" that apparently can do it -- but the instructions say that the phone must first be "rooted", which I don't understand or know how to do. Even if I was able to root I still don't really understand the Barnacle instructions either.
As someone who is pretty confused by what this all means, is anyone able to help with REALLY simple, step-by-step instructions starting from the very beginning as to how to create the wifi hotspot? (As I said, I've tried reading the other threads on this but just don't really understand the answers very well.)
(Also, I don't know whether it matters, but I don't know if my HTC Incredible has the old operating system or if it's been updated to "Froyo" , nor do I know how to find out or whether it matters.)
Thanks for any help you can give me!
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I have an HTC Incredible on a Verizon data plan. What I want to do is turn my phone into a wifi hotspot (so that my ipad and other wifi devices can connect to it). From what I've read, this is possible -- there's supposedly a free app called "Barnacle wifi tethering" that apparently can do it -- but the instructions say that the phone must first be "rooted", which I don't understand or know how to do. Even if I was able to root I still don't really understand the Barnacle instructions either.
As someone who is pretty confused by what this all means, is anyone able to help with REALLY simple, step-by-step instructions starting from the very beginning as to how to create the wifi hotspot? (As I said, I've tried reading the other threads on this but just don't really understand the answers very well.)
(Also, I don't know whether it matters, but I don't know if my HTC Incredible has the old operating system or if it's been updated to "Froyo" , nor do I know how to find out or whether it matters.)
Thanks for any help you can give me!
July