I did it!! !! !! !! !

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I just managed to successfully tether my Sprint Galaxy Nexus to my box running Linux Mint using azilink and downloading and manually installing the openvpn package and dependency packages by d/ing them one at a time on my phone, copying over the sources and compiling them.

So now I don't have to pay Sprint for a hotspot 'cause I'm using the phone's 4g through the tether and the vpn set up by azilink!

Nothin' but 'NET!! !! !! !!

YAY!! !! !! !! !! !!

I have no idea what you just said

So does this mean you are getting free, uncapped 4G? If so, wow!

AWESome

They can connect to the internet with 3 or 4G bandwidth with their computer via their cell phone via 'rooting' their phone to accesss and modify carrier set features of their phone, instead of paying their carrier extra for the mobile hotspot apparatus that does the same thing.

You must feel really triumphant right now!

Is it technically illegal?

Well, not free, I mean I still have to pay for my regular data plan, but now I'm able to use my unlimited data on my desktop instead of paying $50/month extra for a 6gb hotspot that shuts off when it reachs that ridiculously low limit.

Last edited by Bodyles on 01 Nov 2013, 4:34 pm, edited 1 time in total.

I do indeed.

Why would it be illegal?
All I'm doing is using a data plan I already paid for.

It's just that I'm not stuck with either a tiny screen and touchscreen keyboard or paying them for a ridiculously limited hotspot plan.
It's not like I hacked their service or anything.

I just used an app which sets up an openvpn server on my phone and allows me to tunnel the data from my pc through it to use the phone's 4g internet connection.
How could that be illegal?

Thanks!

Ah I get ya. Yeah paying to be able to use a free feature on your phone is ridiculous. Good on you for routing your way around that

Thanks, I though it was a pretty cool solution myself.

There are a few issues with it, like it resets the vpn connection every 30mins for some reason, so I still have to do larger file d\ls on my phone and sometimes there are connection issues, but by and large it's a neat little hack.

Why would they charge you extra to turn on the hotspot? The phone company I'm with doesn't do that.

Because they're greedy b*******, and if they can find a way to get extra money out of you they will.
Here in the good ol' US of A that's SOP.

Sometimes I envy you Aussies.
I've even thought of emigrating.
It's sort of a toss up between AUS and NZ for me if I ever decide to become an expat.

Don't be so quick to envy us. When comparing countries, there are always pros and cons and some of them are a bit arbitrary. It's true that for some reason Australian phone companies have decided not to charge extra for people to use their phone as a hotspot. However, on land line phones they've found a way to scramble the caller ID signal just so they can charge $6 a month to unscramble it. You get your hotspot blocked, we get our caller ID blocked (only on landlines). We both pay to get them unblocked. Why not the other way 'round? It's arbitrary. There's tons of stuff like that. I heard a British expat complain she had to pay $2.50 to use an ATM from a different bank than the one that held her account. According to her, they wouldn't do that in Britain. I have no idea if they do that in America. Life's like that.

That is Awesome!

Pretty sure tethering is illegal for most companies, but a lot of us do it anyway. You're supposed to pay a premium for tethering, from my understanding.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthr ... p=26391905