yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HD7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rysky007:
Eh u just got the phone, give it a few days, ull grow to hate it :)

But yes, tethering not present is a big let down, along with many missing items, and the mid January BIG update, is nothing more then new fixes for market place and cut/paste to shut us up, which is still not here soooooo....

thats why im glad i kept my HD2
[HD7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rhn:
has anyone tried using the DFrouter xap posted in the hd2 development forum? You need a jailbroken device for that though..

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=922000
[HD7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JamesDax:
First, is there any updates concerning tethering on the HD7? And second, why is everyone blaming Microsoft when they have already said that its availible but up to the carriers to offer it?
[HD7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smav3719:
Hello, total newbie here so forgive if this is been discussed already...Has anyone gotten this to work other than the author of the article? (I can't put links in my posts yet :( so copying and pasting the text....)

How to hack your Windows Phone 7 handset to turn on tethering

26/01/2011, by Alex Wilhelm

If you are into modifying your phone to turn on goodies that your carrier does not think that you are worthy of, we have just the thing for you. If you have an HTC or Dell WP7 handset, you can make it tether.

To tether your HTC handset, execute the following steps:

1. Download XAP file here

2. Download HTC Sync for Android from HTC for USB Modem driver from HTC’s site (the whole package) or just the driver here

3. Deploy XAP file to your phone

4. Turn of your Data connection in your phone.

5. Run DFRouter and click on “HTC Modem”

6. If you only downloaded driver package just unzip to any folder, then Open Device Manager (recommended for Win7 64bit). If you installed the HTC Android package skip to step 10.

7. Find USB\VID_0BB4&PID_0EFF&REV_0000&MI_01 and force update driver with HtcUsbMdmV64 (inside unzipped folder)

8. Find USB\VID_0BB4&PID_0EFF&REV_0000&MI_00 and force update driver with HtcVComV64 (inside unzipped folder)

9. You will get two new device HTC USB Modem and HTC Diagnostic Interface (COM8)

10. Connect device to PC, open HTC USB Modem and select Advance Label

11. Add below command +cgdcont=1,”ip”,”APN”

(APN = Your carrier’s APN)

12. Create a new connection with HTC USB Modem, diag number is *99#

13.Just connect without user name and password.
[HD7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rysky007:
not sure were u got ur info from, but I contacted the company that made the app for HD2 and they said that the HD7 or WM7 in its current status does not support tethering.

I think windows just saying that to get us off their backs

but hey Nokia is now doing an OS with Microsoft, we might actually get a good OS soon, Nokias os are beast, with all needed features.
[HD7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rysky007:
How do you get ur carriers APN?
[HD7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smav3719:
Good question - I hadn't gotten that far yet. :o

I managed to get to step #3 and now my phone has a neat little app called "DFRouter"

I wanted to try the "download driver only" option so I don't have to install the whole HTC Android package, but their link doesn't work any my search brought me to this site.

I figured I should ask some people who actually know what they're doing before I continue my experiment...
[HD7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PaullikesWINMO:
Try this http://modmyi.com/wiki/index.php/Carrier_APN_Settings

Or Google APN along with your carriers name and see what comes up. You can usually find them on the carrier support pages. You might even be able to call your carriers customer service, but they may not support phones they don't sell. Just ask what the recommended APN is and they will likely help with that.
[HD7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] renster721:
So, for those who mentioned they might sell their phone due to the lack of this feature, for how much heh?

Considering selling mytouch 4g for this phone.
[HD7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JamesDax:
Well, just watched this video review of the HD7 on youtube where the reviewer said the the HD7 could be used as a mobile hotspot. He's in Canada and his carrier is Bell Mobile. That seems to confirm what Microsoft said which was that WP7 does support WiFi tethering and it's up to the carriers to implement it. So the blame goes to, in my case, T-Mobile not Microsoft or WP7.

Proof that WP7 supports WiFi Tethering
[HD7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evolutionqy7:
Oh just stop whinging. Unlock the phone and do as the man above said and youll get tethering.

It will come eventually!
[HD7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JamesDax:
lol, thankyou very much for you thoughtful reply.

Mod edit: check your language please
[HD7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sunycheeba416:
That vid never showed wifi tethering on it. I'm sure it's possible and refuse to believe the carrier has any control over that. But still no one has a jailbreak app for it yet??
[HD7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JamesDax:
Except the carriers do have control over it. But believe what you want.
[HD7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sunycheeba416:
Are you technically sure? How would the carrier know if your phone is internally re-routing data from the 3g out to the WIFI chip? All this is happening within your phone.. and if your phone is "rooted" to do that, how would the carrier know? I'm not being sarcastic.. I am asking for a real technical explanation if anyone knows.
[HD7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ty088:
im using a hd7 on tmo us and the steps worked for me..
[HD7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yellowarmadillo:
Found at the web

Recently i'm found this on the internet have any one try this?

Its make the work?

1. Download XAP file

2. Download HTC Sync for Android from HTC for USB Modem driver

3. Deploy XAP file to your phone

4. Turn of your Data conection in your phone.

5. Run DFRouter and click on “HTC Modem”

6. Open your device manager, it will show 2 unknown device, choise device have ID is : USBVID_0BB4&PID_0EFF&REV_0000&MI_01, update your driver with HtcUsbMdm and you got HTC USB Modem.

7. Make a dial up call from your computer and set it work like other WP7 tethering from samsung or LG.

8. Click “Zune Mode” to come back with Zune Sync.

For dial up make a call *99# with mi_01 id modem. Mi_00 is diag port, maybe have some qualcomm unlock here. Don’t forget add +CGDCONT=1,”IP”,”your apn” in your advance property of modem.

For modem disconnect error let turn of your data connection in your phone, crazy but it work. Not sure it charge or not from your provider.

Wifi have native code too, but need more time to to.

Will update version soon!

Important note: Don’t unistall dfrouter before you back to Zun Mode.

I did test it work on my HTC HD2 WP7 and HTC Mozart and my Windows 7 x64, WinXP x32.
[HD7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonljacobi:
I'm having difficulty with the HD7 v7008. When I use HTC sync to install, I get the modem but not the second device and trying to connect says the hardware can't be reached. When I try to simply install the drivers, Windows says it can't find the proper driver when I point to it.

Anyone with the same problem?
[HD7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Horatio Hornblower:
Amended HTC HD 7 Tmobile Tethering instructions.

After much frustration, this modus operandi finally worked for me.

1. Download DFRouter XAP file

2. Download the HTC USB Modem drivers and unzip them.

3. Deploy DFRouter XAP file to your phone using Tom XAP Installer or developer kit.

4. Turn off your Data connection in your phone.

5. Run DFRouter and click on “HTC Modem”

6. Open Device Manager.

7. Under unknown devices find USB\VID_0BB4&PID_0EFF&REV_0000&MI_01 and force update driver with HtcUsbMdmV32 (or 64) (inside unzipped folder)

8. Under unknown devices Find USB\VID_0BB4&PID_0EFF&REV_0000&MI_00 and force update driver with HtcVComV32 (or 64) (inside unzipped folder)

"Force driver update" means to open Device Manager, select the unknown device, go to the driver tab, select update driver, select "Browse devices", choose "Select from list", click on next, select "Have disk", browse to and select the .inf file, click next, select the device shown in the list, and ignore the warning. Do this for both devices. Don't just browse to the folder containing the drivers--Windows will not find them.

9. You should now have two new devices: HTC USB Modem and HTC Diagnostic Interface

10. In Device Manager under Modems, select HTC USB Modem and then go to the Advanced tab

11. In the text box for the Extra initialization commands enter +cgdcont=1,”ip”,”epc.tmobile.com"

12. Create a new dial-up connection with HTC USB Modem, dialup number for Tmobile is *99#, username and password should be left blank. Disable IPV6, deselect software compression under the PPP settings if necessary.

13. On your phone using DFRouter, while in router mode, select USB sync, then select USB Modem. Selecting USB Sync first was key for me.

Make the connection.
[HD7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Horatio Hornblower:
By the way, all credit to other posters, I discovered none of this. I just put it all in one email for the sake of convenience.
[HD7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fussel_Mail:
HI,

after the NoDo Update there is no tethering funktion anymore.

The Xap File does not working anymore ... anyone an idea ?

CU

Fussel
[HD7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pnonu23:
So I dont need to unlock the phone, just do these instructions
[HD7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] milkshake:
bump for this thread.
[HD7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kucheto00:
bump...i saw my friends samsung with mango....and certain things done and he's able to tether...internet share...hotspot. does anyone know if this is possible with the hd7 and mango on it?
[HD7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dropout1692:
search?

see http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=929868 for USB tethering
[HD7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] guzart:
HD7 Tethering in Mexico

I have an unlocked HD7 in Mexico with Telcel, and yesterday I got the "Software Update" notification (via the cellular internet).

Radio software:

Before: 5.69.09.29a_22.50.50.21U

After: 5.71.09.02a_22.51.50.21U

Radio hardware:

Before: 4.5.2250.0(129966)

After: A.12.0.D4

"Internet Sharing" is now available in the settings menu, hang in there.
[HD7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] moshe22:
Woooooohoooooooaaaa!

Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G Running Bulletproof
[HD7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rob_fer:
how to deploy without Winphone dev account?

Hi All,

I have spent hours reading a lot of very interesting posts about how to make the HTC HD7 to work as a modem or as a wifi router (like HD2 did).

However I have not a Win-phone developper account. so I can't deploy xap files. Also the posts about usb drives didn't help since I can't found the mentionned drivers and when try to update my devices it raises an error saying the " *.inf " files have no information about the involved device.

I have explain this all to show I have took the time to read accross the forum and I'm not just comming and ask again for a many times answered question.

So, my question is:

Does someone have a method to make HTC HD7 to work as a modem or as a wifi router (like HD2 did) without having win-phone dev acount?

If so could you provide an accurate explanation and the tools to do it?

Thanks in advance.

---------- Post added at 11:25 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:39 AM ----------

Sorry I missed to provide piece of information:

HTC HD7 T9292

SPL-1.16.2250

Windows Phone 7.5

SE: 7.10.8773.98

radio: 5.51.09.06a_22.30.50.09U

Radio Hardware: A102.0.D4

SOC:2.2.5.0
[Focus General] psills:
I just received my Focus from the Amazon $49 deal and was able to transfer my iPhone's unlimited data plan to it. This is only possible if you have a "grandfathered" device which already has unlimited data on it, as AT&T has dropped the unlimited plan.

Heres How:

Order your phone on Amazon. Choose any data plan, doesn't matter.

When your phone arrives, charge it, but, DO NOT PUT IN THE SIM CARD.

Have your SIM Card and Box out and available as you will need them.

DO NOT ACTIVATE THE PHONE AS PER AT&T'S INSTRUCTIONS on their web-site.

Call AT&T Wireless [1-800-331-0500]

DO NOT ACTIVATE YOUR PHONE USING THE AT&T MENU

Press "0" to speak to an agent.

Ask to migrate your existing plan over to your new Samsung Focus. This will move your Unlimited Data Plan to your new phone.

Provide the numbers from the phone box

Provide the SIM number from your new SIM.

Have the Agent activate the phone and call your phone to make sure it is working.

There, you should now have a fully activated phone with Unlimited Data.

This is how I was told to do it from Amazon and it works.

If you miss your Visual Voicemail from the iPhone, sign up for Google Voice (www.google.com/voice). You will never miss it!

Enjoy
[Focus General] beankid:
should this work for any phone purchased through amazon wireless?
[Focus General] dhan911:
yes, I had activated with the $15 plan but then I called them to put back my old unlimited data plan.
[Focus General] ShadowLegion:
my billing cycle is up today so tomorrow i have to see if its still unlimited if its not then im going to call them because on my plan now it still says unlimited.
[Focus General] konkie:
I wonder if there is anyone out there who could shed some light on this?

I was not able to apply my $15 unlimited data plan that I was on before upgrading to the new Focus because my old device was not a smart phone? I upgraded from the Pantec Matrix.

Thanks,
[Focus General] ShadowLegion:
Smartphone and Non Smartphones are 2 different data plans. Since the Focus is a smartphone the only way for you to get unlimited data for a smartphone, you have to have had a smartphone and that data plan.
[Focus General] JETninja:
Correct, I've have a HTC Hermes since '07 with a UL Data plan. Ordered 2 Focus's today through ATT Premier (buy one get one free) and was able to apply the UL plan to it, 2GB plan to my Wife's.
[Focus General] ajftl:
forgot to mention this only works for people already using the unlimited data plan!
[Focus General] konkie:
Thanks everyone. Now I feel sad for not taking any upgrade offers to smartphones in the past :(
[Focus General] HoorayBeer:
I did exactly what is said in the first post. Ordered from Amazon with 2gb and 1500 message plan. I called att to transfer my plan but the rep said I could not. The rep said that I could Not transfer my existing plan (media net 200 bundle with unlimited data) because my previous phone was not a smart phone. I told her I had htc fuze and she was puzzled. She talked to supervisor and still said I could not keep my old plan.
[Epic 4G General] algorhythm:
Hi there,

I just sold my iPhone and got an Epic 4G and I am already rooted but I am looking to flash to a Froyo ROM. I see that you need to flash the modem as well as the rom, and you cannot back up the modem. If something happens after the flash and I need to roll back, how do I go back to 2.1?

Also, There is only 1 Froyo leak, right? Is that the DK17 that I see mentioned? Is there a chart of these build #s and what they have?

Thanks :)
[Epic 4G General] bilestoad:
1st: good move, such a better phone.

2nd: you can almost always return your phone to stock, AS LONG AS a) you can boot into recovery and 2) you have the proper files to flash.

Having said 2(2), you should look here. There you can find fully stock ROMs that are rooted as well as links to posts that can show you how to remove the root. Also check the developer's forum for stock roms like this DI18.
[Epic 4G General] algorhythm:
Thanks for the help :)

I saw the Wiki, but what I'm confused about is the ROM version numbers floating around... i.e. DI18, DK17, DJ29, etc. Is there some sort of schema to decode these?
[Epic 4G General] leatherneck6017:
Sure is, not sure what the D stands for but the second letter corresponds to the month in which it was released. "I" meaning the 9th month of the year because it is the 9th letter of the alphabet, and so on. The digits are the day of the month it was released. The titles of the ROM's, however, appear to be linear. First 'E'clair, then 'F'royo, 'G'ingerbread, etc.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JayStation3:
Hey every one, I rooted my phone last night and so far so good, Some gliches here and there, but thats to be expected.

What I am having problems with is setting up my WIFI Tether. I downloaded the WIFI Tether app from the market (the one with the green broadcast signal on the main screen) and I cant get it to give me access to the internet.

I am not new to "networks"... I have 2 laptops, a PS3, 2 desktops, 2 PSPs, a DS and a SONY TV - all hooked up to my secure wireless network at my house...

But this has me stumped...

I am getting limited access and no internet connection through my broser... what I am doing wrong??

I dunno what info you would need to help me, but my laptop is a Toshiba Satellite... does not have bluetooth, only wifi...

EVO is rooted with unrevoked, flashed amon ra recovery... any help would be appriciated

J
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alekosy:
http://code.google.com/p/android-wi...less_tether_2_0_5-pre14.apk&can=2&q=label:Evo

Download the apk, install via ADB

1st. Download apk wireless tether, latest update, make sure the first wireless tether u've installed is removed completely from Manage Applications settings.

2nd. Run ADB prompt by adb remount, adb install file_name.apk

3rd. Reboot

4th. Test it
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jbcarrera:
the tether app from the market doesn't work google wifi tether pre 9 as i know that one works and download that 4 shared is you best bet
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PhantomHacker:
Wifi Tether from the market works for me.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JayStation3:
Okay the one I down loaded from the market was the one called..."wireless tether for root" by Muller,Lemons, Buxton

So that particular one is no good?

Okay - the only issues I have with your post is the whole adb stuff...lol.... sorry, im still new to all this and Im not sure what that is... Can't i just download it and install it the regular way? just curious...and if *NOT* then can you explain adb? is it an app or some thing like that?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JayStation3:
How did you get it to work? I just uninstalled it and was going to try and set up the other suggestion... the one he told me about looks just like the one I just uninstalled...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alekosy:
ADB is like a program by SDK Tools.

Hold Shift + Right click on the folder C:\Android-sdk-windows\tools

Open command prompt on that

Type 'adb devices' while your plugged in with the usb plug to your PC

If it shows a line below that like your device 'HTC#####...' Name.

Type 'adb remount', then put the file of the apk in the tools folder.

Type 'adb install file_name.apk'

and type 'adb reboot'

Your phone should reboot and have the wireless tether apk installed and working...HOPEFULLY

AND READ THE GUIDE FOR ADB ON BEGINNERS ITS USEFUL BY THE SEARCH BUTTON
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JayStation3:
Okay thanks, let me try this...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JayStation3:
okay, I am gonna have to wait till i get home cause I am at work right now and I only have dial up here at my office... (Yeah Yeah - I know, but we only use the internet here to email a few times a day) but anyway - i will have to set up adb when I get home, I actually already had half of this stuff done, SDK was already placed in my C: drive, along with my drivers are already installed... but i never ran SDK Manager... I'll do it tonight
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alekosy:
That should work fine for you tonight if you got the SDK folder in your C drive.

Make sure you get command prompt on your pc using your phone in usb mode.

Make sure USB Debugging is toggled on!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JayStation3:
yeah I will - thanks, ill post in a few hours how it all went...

This **** is really confusing...lol... I wish there were"user manuals" for all the apps out there...

I know it seems simple once you get the hang of it all, but in the beginning, it really makes me feel like an idiot...lol
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NewZJ:
easy method

download the app from the link in the post a few above this one with your phone

make sure you have a check on non market app install in settings, applications

drop down the notification bar and touch the apk that was downloaded

it should install

done
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JayStation3:
Thanks for the input ZJ, how ever - I have already "installed" it twice, Getting it to install is not the problem at all.

The problem is getting it to work correctly. Any help on how to get it to connect to my laptop with out limited connectivity?? It works, it connects to the laptop, but it keeps saying limited connectivity... I cant actually get on the internet - say thru a browser or what ever...

I don't really think I need to go through adb to get it to work, cause it actually installs and works fine, as far as broadcasting wifi and being found by my laptop.

My computer recognizes it and every thing...when I connect to it though - It just says "connected with limited connectivity"

any help on this would be great... maybe the configurations every one is useing to get it to work?

There are several setting and what not and I guess cause I dont have a "user manual" its gonna take me messing around with the config to ...um fig...ure it out :/

::Frustrated::
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NewZJ:
When mine does that I go into settings, wireless, mobile data settings, uncheck all but top and always on, set provider(system?) to automatic. open a browser and surf or google maps, just to get the connection going and data transfers started, then open a webpage on laptop and it usually works, after it connects that first time then every time it just works, that first hump of connection is tough
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JayStation3:
Im not seeing any of that... I dont have any of those options you talked about, which tether do you have? Setting yes, but there are no wireless or mobile data settings in the tether app...

Sent from the MATRIX... while plugged into my EVO... using the XDA app... from a galaxy far-far away.......
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alekosy:
In my opinion, JayStation3, I think you would like wireless tether built already into the Froyo ROMs we have here from XDA developers, maybe that can save your time a bit. Just a thought.

You can flash a new rom with wireless tether and a new kernel to make your phone ready to use. Just a thought once again, can't help you much a bit because I already am using it and it works fine.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JayStation3:
Ok, here is a stupid question... Do I have to have to have "wifi" in the phone setting turned on when I use the tether app? I just assumed that the tether app turned it on automatically... I guess I could try it real quick to answer my question...

Sent from the MATRIX... while plugged into my EVO... using the XDA app... from a galaxy far-far away.......
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JayStation3:
okay, that must have been it. I turned on my WIFI in phone settings and... well its working now... I figured that it used data connection like 3G and 4G...but i do have wifi here at my house - So I guess Im still kind of confused... Cause essentially - if I have wifi turn on through my phone - its like my phone is just acting like an access point, which would be pointless if I was trying to use my phone as a hotspot in my car or on a plane or some thing... Ill try it again tomorrow at my office where there is no wifi and see what happens. In the mean time Im gonna continue reading as much as I can here on all this stuff...

I do wanna try flashing another ROM here soon, I just want to learn as much about all this as I can. Im still kind of confused about flashing and restoring and making sure I have all my back up done right and what not... I look forward to trying out some of the awesome ROMs I have read and seen on the forums... but I want to be able to go back to the froyo2.2 incase I dont find any thing I really like...