[EVO 4G General] bbowenx:
this is a short story of my past week saga.

a month ago i got 2 evos. wife and i.

i was sold on the fact that with these phones while one could pay 30 bucks a month for up to 8 on wifi hotspot,

OR!

they could be used for internet sharing over usb for free to one computer.

that is what 3 different sprint reps told me, and i was shocked b.c i thought there was no way to get that but i was clearly told and i asked repeated questions because it seemed like nirvana.

anyway i get the phones and as i am getting teh numbers set up do the dreaded late june OTA update which apears broke a bunch of your roots. bummer.

anyway.

i live in a 4g land and happily for a month on both phones I

turn the 4g radio on,

wait for connection,

connect supplied usb cable to computer with htc sync software installed

connect phone and use usb settings drop down to set the phone to

internet sharing over usb.

with in 30 seconds htc sync had added a network adapter and life was great.

i don't think i ever did it over 3g, however a sprint rep told me after asking "is this free tethering to one computer only on 4g thing?" replyied "i haven't had anyone say they couldn't over 3g but im not sure" but i tried once and i don't think it got working, i think i got error 67.

i thought it was hilarious b.c i assumed most were rooting for the great wifi teather, ?or usb? and it was working as so out of the box.

so after carefully reading the hundred or so posts by all rooting methods, what to do with adb, then the single click, then the single click removal due to messed up 4g stuff... i just kept waiting b.c although im sure i could follow a multistep nand root process, but as the phones worked so well as is, and i wasn't sure if teh 4g radio was sorted out yet in a simple root i just waited to root later.

so this past thursday or so i did on my phone the official over the air update to 2.2

3.26.651.6

and all day i was highly enjoying it. small changes here and there

UNTIL!!!

i went home and did the standard 4g radio on, usb connect, drop down,

hm... internet sharing has been changed to usb teathering....

and i did it, and nothing happened. error 67

so this time i unplugged radio 4g of on, confirmed in menu settings we were go with ip

and phone internet worked

but after plugging in usb and switching to usb teathering and quickly going back to the 4g menu status page i would watch the 4g radio disconnect, start scanning, maybe attempt to connect to sprint, then scann again forever

then dump a error 67.

so.... thats a frustration...

so i call sprint, and they say you need to go to a store to fix the update, yes they know it createdissues. so i go to a store.

they send me to another store, a tech store... they say oh you get error 67?

call sprint tech support they need to clear it up on their end.

so i call and they try it. i do the whole pound pount 32 somthing enter a code

off on

wait.

and still errors and no connecting...

so i call and they say you need to go back to the tech store adn have them put the update on.

i am slightly ticked at this point but totally staying cool.

i am starting to realize that this is an issue. and sprint has no idea.

next morning i do make it back to the store...

and speak with the tech guy

1st telling him the story.

2nd asking before anyother stuff, can we make this simple and restore my phone with thier tools to 2.1

he says basically, ah nope. i can't do anything. i have no tools.

i have no software. on this phone its basically the ota's htc send us.

so bascially spritn wants me to get all the way here,

and all he's going to do is go behind the door

punch around on my phone to make sure im not an idoit, then set the phoen back to factory settings, and make sure 2.2 looks aok.

so knowing this isn't going to solve anything, i let them go anyway so when i talk to sprint again i have followed their suggestions yet, i still have teh issue.

so that's what i do, and after putting contacts back on and using an app to restore most of installed apps. i head back home...

there is now frustration but still maintain my cool, bc after all i live in america, and i will get to eat today. overall life is good.

idea, lets call htc. so i do.

basically this person is slighly tech and proceeds to say,

from what i hear, due to a glitch 2.1 owners have free hotspot.

most likely that got fixed in 2.2

but i held my ground stating that hotspot and usb data sharing are two distinct thigns, and as much as sprint would like to merge and charge, that difference adn stated fact was the selling reason for me on these...

but she confirmed that there is no going back to 2.1

but also left me with a glimmer or hope.

so i called back sprint then sprint tech, then got on the phone waitng for advanced tech support to call me back on the idea that i just need my account provisioned for usb data tethering. which allows a 1 computer to share the data from my plan, and as i have unlimited, its no problem.

the tech tried to do something like that... but got to a point where we changed and confirmed something deep in my phone like either a 3g or 4g mac address was right, but i still had issues, and so he said he woudl have advanced tech call me back b.c they had better tools to assist me.

well that hour call back still hasnt happened and its around 36 hours know.

maybe i get a call monday..

however... at this point i am bugged b.c obviously there is still a 2% change this will get solved by the correct device provisioning,

however i believe now the sprint reps merely didn't know it was a glitch which allowed single person teathering so now if i call, basically all i get is big crocodile tears that say im sorry you were misinformed...

so the hilarious this is i still have the other phone, no way i will update that one, b/.c its our web lifeline now.

and if the other one gets sorted out great.

if not,

i have been waiting in the back, but this time.

im joining the others waiting for the FANTASTIC DEVS to find the exploit to allow nand rooting for the ota and stock shipped 2.2 evos

and i will be in.

it can't come soon enough.

thanks for reading, enjoy your night.

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