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How come nobody is working on this wifi tether bullcrap from Verizon?

xythil

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They block what is a feature that is ours BY RIGHT

where is the fix? why is the hacker community not up in arms about this with some one-click solution?
 
I'm curious. Where was this (your right) in the AUP or ToS? Because I didn't see it.

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Basically, when you signed your contract, you agreed not to modify your device. You need to root to use WiFi tether, thus modifying your device.
 
Lol yup! I have not ever had a problem with tether...however, I never use it....I may check that it works but that's for one second to see the mbs up and down...I agree, tethering (over tethering with greed) is one reason I believe the prices are as they are....

One Epic Blue and Bold Cm7(otaGBK) .----->fastforward!
I am the biggest Pink Floyd fan...btw...
 
They block what is a feature that is ours BY RIGHT

where is the fix? why is the hacker community not up in arms about this with some one-click solution?

Go over to Verizon and ask them to unblock that for you.

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Didn't have to root before. So using PDANet does not violate this agreement verbatim because you don't have to modify the device.
Just throwing stuff out there

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Are people unable to tether? I never use it but just checked it and it still working...maybe has something to do with I never use it..but hope it works when I finally do..lol

One Epic Blue and Bold Cm7(otaGBK) .----->fastforward!
I am the biggest Pink Floyd fan...btw...
 
Didn't have to root before. So using PDANet does not violate this agreement verbatim because you don't have to modify the device.
Just throwing stuff out there

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Tethering has always been against VZW TOS, but I can't read through their fancy legal jargon to find it.

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When you sign a contract for a specific device, the terms of the contract apply to THAT DEVICE. Verizon didn't just pull the $30 data package outa nowhere.. they calculated the average data usage of their customers and priced the plan accordingly. Then when people abused the plan, Verizon took action. I really don't understand why many of you struggle with this concept.

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When you sign a contract for a specific device, the terms of the contract apply to THAT DEVICE. Verizon didn't just pull the $30 data package outa nowhere.. they calculated the average data usage of their customers and priced the plan accordingly. Then when people abused the plan, Verizon took action. I really don't understand why many of you struggle with this concept.

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It's not that they don't understand it, it's they're trying to justify what they're doing since no one tried to stop them. Now that they've been stopped, they're whining.
 
Tethering is very easy and isnt against your TOS. You pay for data, if you use it all up like an idiot and try to rape your carrier, then you need to pay for your crime. Hence why verizon put a cap on the BS jar that was overflowing. Now, you want to use it, pay for it! If everything was free in this world, we would all not have a thing!

Stop crying about something you yourself have a right to use. Just fix the problem and PAY for ur service like a real human being should.

Use easytether and buy the pro version and u will be all set to suck up all your data plan usage.

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When you sign a contract for a specific device, the terms of the contract apply to THAT DEVICE. Verizon didn't just pull the $30 data package outa nowhere.. they calculated the average data usage of their customers and priced the plan accordingly. Then when people abused the plan, Verizon took action. I really don't understand why many of you struggle with this concept.

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Um...that's one way to put it..lol Glad to have it still working on my device....one day I'm sure it will come in handy...

One Epic Blue and Bold Cm7(otaGBK) .----->fastforward!
I am the biggest Pink Floyd fan...btw...
 
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