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[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] david_ag:
I don't know exactly how much can they prove you were actually tethering, but it has been know that Sprint (or a lot of cell phone companies for that matter), do cancel accounts for over usage of data. And yes, all the sprint "unlimited" data plans are subject to a 5 GB data cap.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Kcarpenter:
I heavily use my tether, I generally pull no less than 3 gigs a month. They have yet to ask any thing about it to me. Just keep it under 5 and you'll be OK. technically I don't feel I am breaking any rules, the data is going through the phone either way. I am just displaying it on my PC Screen. ;)
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] ultivegito2:
What do you mean when you say you "heavily use" it? I'm sorry for the interrogation, I just don't want to screw up my family plan by abusing something like this.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Kcarpenter:
Like I said, I pull 3 Gigs a month. Kind of outrageous for just a smart phone to use. I browse the web, email, and IM daily from my laptop all while tethered. 3 or 4 hours a day.

I will say that I do not download torrents/music/videos on it. That would eat up my 5 gb cap quick. Most of what I do download are smaller files I need for work from FTP sites and stuff. No file alone is more than 100 MB or so. I do not think there is a way for them to tell that you are tethered. Legally they are not allowed to capture and build your packets to see what exactly you are downloading. IE: Flash Videos and EXE files or Online Game data that the phone would have no buisness trying to use.

I don't mind the questions at all, I would hate to see your plan canceled as well. Keep in mind, what I say is only my own thoughts/oppionions/experiences and is by no means to be considered accurate.

I love discalimers. :D

I may put in a suggestion for WiFi Tether devs to put in a data counter that keeps track of multiple uses, not just the current one. This way you could see how much you have used over time. Currently it does show Up/Down for the current use.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] kmartburrito:
Yeah, Sprint does offer a 40 dollar PAM addon, but this circumvents it by just sharing the existing connection over WiFi. Phone as modem actually initiates a different data connection entirely, and that can be detected by sprint. Since we aren't doing that though, that's how we can get away with it.

On a different note, KCarpenter, when you mentioned adhoc and your Wii, I'm wondering if you could take a DD-WRT or tomato based router and run it in wireless bridge or repeater mode with your phone. I have both at home, and one already running like that, So it should be simple to test it out tonight when I get home. Basically you just have to have the same ssid and wireless security key to do seamless handoff, and a DD-WRT or tomato based router (wrt54g by linksys or whr-hp-g54 by buffalo)
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] ultivegito2:
Ah, I see. Thanks for the info, and thanks for caring about my plan. [:

That would definitely be a nice addition to the WiFi Tether app. I believe I pulled around 200 MB the one time I tried gaming from the WiFi connection, though I can't recall for sure. If you do intend to suggest that, might you also suggest a setting to reset the counter, so that we could reset it monthly? :D
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Kcarpenter:
No problem, and 2 steps ahead of you. And endless counter would hurt my head.

So I do have a wrt54g router. It is running the factory firmware, not tomatoe. Not sure how all that works. I will need to do a little more research on that. If you wouldn't mind testing it out for me, that would be freakin awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!

I just need to get my son into the Wii Shop so that he can spend the gift card he got for it. :D

Also as far as flashing the tomatoe firmware. I have been unsuccessful at resetting the Admin password on that router. I haven't been able to change the settings on it for months and really just kind of gave up. can I flash it with out having the password? The reset doesn't seem to work on it, just flashes the power light repeatedly until I let off of the reset pin.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] kmartburrito:
Well, there are several flavors of the WRT54G, and they vary a lot on what you can do with them. If you've got JUST the WRT54G and not the 'S' model, then depending on what version that your router is, you can put different versions of DD-WRT on it. Only the versions of it prior to v5 (you can see the version on the bottom) are compatible with tomato firmware.

I've got two of the WRT54G, one V5 and one V8. They both run DD-WRT micro, and I used both of them for a long time, but lately I was having some troubles with them (one had a lan port burn out) and a couple weeks ago, something else happened to the main one which I'm not sure of yet.

Anyway, the best WRT54G is the one with the 'L' after it (for Linux), which has tons of onboard RAM and is designed to run linux firmware like DD-WRT and Tomato.

For Tomato, the best router to run it on is the Buffalo WHR-HP-G54 (which I just purchased this week) It can be had from Newegg for less than 60 bucks, which isn't too bad. It's an awesome router, and I like Tomato much better.

In order to reset your password though, you'll need to do a long reset. This will consist of holding your reset button in for over 30 seconds. I think that should work. Try it, and if it doesn't work, let me know and I can pull out my trusty guide and explain :)

Either way, I'll try it tonight and let you know. I'm curious now anyway too. But just so you know, there is no possible way you can do it with stock Linksys firmware. one of the cool things of both Tomato and DD-WRT is their ability to set up wireless bridge/repeater modes to utilize multi routers on one SSID. It's handy to do wired ethernet downstairs on the Xbox 360 and other devices, when the main router is upstairs.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] mrinehart93:
Well, when you think of it that way, it actually should be legal. Because you pretty much are just displaying it on your screen. Well, if you're torrenting then then that is a different story... but you shouldn't torrent with a tether either lol.

But back to the OP's question: It's a slight possibility, but the frequency that you're tethering at may be congested. This happened to my one day ago when I bought a new router. It was set to broadcast on Channel 6. I got perfect signal in my room, but could not connect. I changed the Channel to 10, and was then able to connect just fine. I don't think you can change the broadcast channel on Wireless Tether, so you may have to use something like PDANet that tethers using a USB cable. That way, you'll avoid the whole congestion problem.

EDIT:

Just read that you're having trouble resetting your router. I've been messing with firmware and such on my WRT54G recently. I've found a fool-proof way to reset it. Basically, leave all the cables plugged in. Then, hold the reset button for about one minute. After the minute, while still holding the reset button, pull out the power cord. Once the power cord is out, release the reset button. Plug the power cable back in, and it should be reset :)
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] kmartburrito:
FYI, You can definitely change the channel within the wireless tether app.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] kmartburrito:
Hey all,

Unfortunately, I just got done testing DD-WRT in repeater bridge mode, and it's not going to work with the Hero. For one, it will only join with a router that is in AP mode. Since Wireless Tether operates only in Adhoc mode, we're screwed.

There's an enhancement request on the Wireless Tether project page, and I updated it with my hopes of one day being able to run repeater bridge, but from what I was reading it looks like someone might have to rewrite the wifi driver to be able to do it anyway.

In any case, Adhoc mode only allows peer to peer connections, so it's not even capable of performing anything in infrastructure mode, which is what I was hoping it would do.

So, it's the wireless mode holding us back, not DD-WRT. Soon enough though, keep up the hope!
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] adelaney:
You shouldn't have a data cap on a phone. I thought that was on broadband cards only. They assume there is no way you can use over 5th on a phone browser, their mistake. I am on unlimited data plan, and it is just that, unlimited. Also, I used my bberry for internet tethering for a long time, and never saw an extra charge. If they could tell, they could control it. Some phone come locked out of Pam, if they are not, then they shouldn't be able to tell. I've have used smartphone. for mobile internet for a long time and have never been charged.
[Nexus One General] matt_stang:
Just wondering if any of you nexus one owners happen to text frequently and if you have a hard time with the virtual keyboard. I can type at light speed on my G1 and frankly, the only thing that worries me about the nexus I ordered is not having this physical keyboard. So let's hear it. Is it awful, usable, good, or downright amazing?
[Nexus One General] crater:
That has been my largest worry as well. I'm a G1 user who is very fond of the hardware keyboard. However, I am forcing myself with the Nexus One to learn to love the Onscreen. It seemed like all the best and newer phones were not coming with keyboards, or when they did the keyboard was not very pleasant to use. At least once I(we) get over the hump of getting used to the onscreen with the N1 we can then go to ANY other android phone and be satisfied.

My Nexus One SHOULD be waiting for me on the counter when I get home... will pop my SIM in and away I go.
[Nexus One General] mark925:
I'm in the same boat although I've noticed on my G1 I'm better with the HTC_IME keyboard than the stock. I'm hoping we can push the HTC_IME keyboard to the N1.
[Nexus One General] Carloswithac:
It's actually not as bad as i thought it would be. I wish it had the HTC IME, so I wouldn't have to click a button for numbers or exclamation points. FYI: I installed HTC IME, but it doesn't look that great on the screen.
[Nexus One General] agentkalaw:
I don't have a nexus one and part of the reason why I love my G1 is because of the physical keyboard and I also like the HTC IME over the android one by leaps and bounds. I am currently using "shapewriter" from the market and it took about a few days to get used to and see the benefits but since i got used to it, my texting is now almost twice as fast as the keyboard. I haven't used the keyboard for texting for a couple weeks now whereas before i would only use the keyboard during texts. Shapewriter is making me really consider getting a nexus.
[Nexus One General] zas74:
The keyboard in landscape mode is great. Plus I've been using the voice input to send texts and its pretty accurate for the most part, awesome new feature. I'm not missing my G1 keyboard at all.
[Nexus One General] Alleviate:
I'm sure the VK will be good. My G1 physical spacebar broke (go figure..) and I have been using the HTC_IME on it for months now :\. Can't wait for the N1 though. It should be here tomorrow :D:D
[Nexus One General] matt_stang:
Glad to hear all that! I've switched to using on vk on my G1 to get ready lol. But unfortunately I'm using HTC_IME and it's awesome. I think cyanogen said he plans on porting the HTC_IME for nexus shortly. Let's keep our fingers crossed
[Nexus One General] JanetPanic:
Well I have never used the HTC IME and always had a hardware keyboard (except the Artemis where I used a stowaway bluetooth when heavy typing).

I can not type at the speed I could on the G1 keyboard but it is not bad. I do not like that I can not see my IMs/SMS when typing in landscape but the keyboard is good for the most part. In portrait mode I rely a lot more on autocorrect but mistakes are not terrible there either. Of course I have only been using an on screen keyboard for about 2 hours so hopefully with experience it will get easier. Even now though for texting where typos are not a huge concern it gets the job done.

It is a trade off, no hardware keyboard but it is very thin. I would have gone the other direction but I can understand the choice.
[Nexus One General] deprecate:
I went from a g1 to an iphone and really missed the keyboard. Once I got used to the iphone I was able to type quickly and accurately. I send/receive about 2200 texts a month so I would say I'm an avid texter (not a fan of talking except to certain people).

I expect the n1 to be similar to the iphone in terms of texting.
[Nexus One General] BrooklynAvi:
I send about 2K-3K texts a month in addition to my email, Web browsing and other keyboard use. The physical keyboard was a must for me for years. Two months ago I traded one of my G1s for a myTouch. I decided to play with the myTouch and then ended up using it. While I sometimes miss the keyboard I got very used to the onscreen keyboard. Now that I have the N1 I can say that I don't miss the keyboard at all. Besides, with ShapeWriter (simply amazing) and Swype (haven't tried it yet but will now that I have an N1), onscreen keyboards are very good.
[Nexus One General] mattyboy247:
So far, I have found that using speaking to send the texts are remarkably easy and accurate. I have a feeling I will be doing a lot of speaking to "type" my texts.

The VK isn't that bad though... seems really accurate and there is no lag so its easy to deal with.
[Nexus One General] xManMythLegend:
Speech to text has removed my need for keyboard use of anykind at home/work/walking.

On screen is accurate enough not to annoy me when speaking out loud would look weird.

I would try better keyboard if default is no good. User dictionary is a must.
[Nexus One General] mlevin:
I was really worried about this, too -- I got really used to the physical keyboard on my G1 and was really fast at it, although I sometimes used the HTC IME (the Android one sucks).

Now that I have my N1, I'm finding that both Swype and ShapeWriter are AMAZING and with them I can type nearly as fast as I could on a physical keyboard. Definitely give them a try.
[Nexus One General] frenchtom:
i typed a couple hundred text messages yesterday without really any issues, and i come from the ultimate text whore from the Bold 9700 but i had the mt3g b4 then so im not a total noob haha
[Nexus One General] spr33:
I have to agree with you about Swype. I've not owned a phone without a physical keyboard since before 2005 and I was worried about the N1 not having a physical keyboard as I'm a big texter/GTalker. The standard keyboard is 'OK' but Swype is pretty damn good. It takes a little getting used to but when you've learned the basics, you get pretty quick at typing out long texts/messages.

Can I ask if it's the beta that was released for the Droid that you're using? I get a silly message box every time I switch to landscape or open the camera app.
[Nexus One General] JoshHart:
Every phone I've owned has had a physical keyboard until my MyTouch, although I still used my G1 as my main line, but I can say that while I would prefer a physical keyboard, I don't really miss it. The screens big enough that it's really easy to type, I use Better Keyboard which doesn't have the voice key, but I'm not that interested in the voice typing. I'm not having any problems or regrets though.
[Nexus One General] mikeybags:
When using this phone in landscape mode, I type as fast and accurately as I did with my Tmo wing. It's very responsive and the keyboard is plenty big.
[Nexus One General] duncan888:
The HTC keyboard does work on the nexus one, the person on this video has it running

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aB8Xv3qpEDs
[Nexus One General] huhmuhan:
Almost all my phones have had physical keyboards and i text a lot... I've been using the nexus one for only about a day now and the keyboard is OK but... sometimes it doesn't register keys. I don't know if it has to due with the lack of multi touch but it doesn't catch some of my button presses especially space bar.

i owned an iphone for about 4 months and while I'm not a huge fan of the iphone I have to admit that their virtual keyboard works a LOT better...
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] asb123:
Hey guys, I just used root explorer v 2.2 to delete the annoying apps built into the system (amazon mp3)

I am now trying to move my apps into the system so that they cannot easyly be removed. I want to send over lookout and sim checker. That way a theif would not be able to easily delete the apps.

when I select the "move" option (with sim checker) then go to the system apps dirrectpry and then select "paste", it says paste and shows a progress indicator for like 1 second then when I check to see if it actually did the move, it hasn't can anyone help me out

I know I have full root access as I have clicked to allow it and am remounted as r/w so that's not the problem.

Any help to get those two apps into my read only system directory would be greatly apprecaited.

Oh ya I think ill add that I have also tryed to simply change the permissions of the app to readonly (with root explorer) but that did not stop the basic android app manager from uninstalling it.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evilkorn:
Try to use adb to move it.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] asb123:
so i went and installed adb, i know its working as well with a little test, could someone please write out a sample command for me to use for this purpose of moving an app out of the apps to sd location and into the system apps.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JAguirre1231:
mv /system/sd/app/*lookout* /system/app

mv /system/sd/app/*checker* /system/app

It really depends on the name of the file though, if it has lookout in it, then it will be moved to /system/app. The * tells it to move anything with that in the file name
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evilkorn:
type adb and it will give you the commands + switches

adb pull

adb push
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cloverdale:
In response to your first attempt, it sounds like system is not being mounted as rw. If it were, the copying would work (I do this all of the time with SUFBS). Try to mount the system as rw via the terminal then copy.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] asb123:
so i have the command prompt cd to andorid adk\tools

when i now type in the above :

mv /system/sd/app/*lookout* /system/app

it doesnt recognize the command

so i have C:\android-sdk-windows\tools> mv /system/sd/app/*lookout* /system/app

and it doesnt recognize mv as a command
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] asb123:
hey, sorry for the noob question but could you tell me the command for this. I know in the app i was using it says remount as rw and i do have access to change the system app folder (delted apps) but how can i remount as RW in terminal whats the command? And after, do i need to manually remount back to what i was so that it is back to being unchangeable?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JAguirre1231:
If you have the tools directory in your PATH (as you should) no need to cd to the directory. Anyways, sorry to move it in adb do

adb remount

adb shell

*previous commands*

exit

Bingo!
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] asb123:
it says failed on /systen/sd/app/com.lookout.apk - cross-device link
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JAguirre1231:
Ou have 2 android phones plugged in or an emulator running ath the same time
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] asb123:
i dont have two phones plugged in and i dont have an emulator that i know of... :(

but on the bright side i mannaged to solve my problem using droid explorer. I successfully have gotten lookout entrenhed into the system so that it cannot be uninstalled from the menu.

BUT when i tried the same thing for sim checker it did not work, it would not copy into system\apps

i did manage to get it inot system\app but using the copy rather than move option in root explorer, after reinstalling using the simchecker in system\app

but it is showing up as still uninstallable. I have no idea why simcheck is not working but it worked for lookout...
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] madmike569:
I need help i just get a Htc tilt and i want to put i cube and i Contact on it but i dont know how plz help...........:confused::confused:
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] dcarr622:
There is a magic function here on the XDA forums...we call it the search box :)

Simply type what you seek into it, and it will find it for you :)
[G1 General] adobrakic:
With root explorer, i see that my apps are saved to something like '/system/sd/app,' but when I mount my G1, I can't find that folder. I can't even find the "system" folder. Anyone have any ideas?

Also, I pressed the "R/W" button on that folder in Root Explorer, but now I can't switch it back to R/O. It gives me an error saying, "Remount Failed: Device or resource busy."
[G1 General] kusotare:
what is it you want to do with the apps?
[G1 General] adobrakic:
My gmail app is force closing, and I haven't found a way to reinstall it through market. I was going to try to replace the .apk.
[G1 General] Ssantos6981:
I don't believe the gmail app is on the SD, it should be under /system/app/Gmail.apk

For the most part, the system apps install on the phone, the rest are on SD.
[G1 General] adobrakic:
That still leads me to my first question, lol. I can't find the "system" folder after mounting my G1.
[G1 General] Ssantos6981:
??

I don't know. I use the rooted file browser SUFBS and have never had a problem seeing the system folder.

Might have been associated with other changes you made to the system.

For me, if all else fails, I re-partition, wipe & re-flash.

Hopefully someone else can offer some better info.
[G1 General] adobrakic:
I find it fine on my G1 via Root Explorer. It's just that I can't seem to locate it on my computer (i.e something like h:\system\app), after plugging my G1 in.

Sorry for any confusion.
[G1 General] evilkorn:
You must be on a windows machine. You can not nativly see an ext partition under windows.

Look at the guides that tell you how to set up adb and adb push the application to the folder you want.
[G1 General] Ssantos6981:
You can do these things right from recovery console, and probably terminal, I like recovery better though. place the file you want to use on the root of the SDcard. Since it is the Gmail.apk you want to replace you would go about it like this:

mount system

mount sdcard

cp /sdcard/Gmail.apk /system/app/Gmail.apk

reboot

thats pretty much it.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] srw985:
Hi,

Does anyone know a decent remote control application for the HD2?

By that I mean something to control Windows Media Player running on my PC from my phone.

I know I could use the remote desktop application but I'm looking for something more simple, like a basic remote with pause, play, volume, etc.

Either bluetooth or wifi run...

Thanks
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] BWIII:
Remote Desktop Mobile:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFiDZ_wBAtM
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] kaospiloten:
How to get that zoom help tool in that video. The minifullscreen at the bottom at the screen.???
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] aquamoeba:
As the guy on youtube said, you just have to pinch to zoom and if the actual view is not the smallest one, you will have this little navigation view
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] watcher64:
there is a piece of software called gremote, a free version and a paid version, works pretty good, not sure it is what you want but it is nice ...

You can use your phone as a , Mouse, touchpad, keyboard , joystick, yada yada ....

google for gremote .. I think the company is like gbmsoftware ...
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] crispy514:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=617849

It's a WMC remote... works over wifi...

Edit:- Sorry mis read the first post.. I thought you were running windows media center... as your not it won't be much good :(
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] jjollyroger:
what about this? http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=783973