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How can I debug why my Sprint Note 2 won't tether to Windows?

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Alfred Fox

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May 3, 2013, 12:35:17 AM5/3/13
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I've tried to tether my Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 2 smartphone
to my Windows 7 laptop using a USB cable - but it never works.

When I plug the smart phone in to the laptop, the phone says
it's plugged in as a USB device, but the PC doesn't recognize
it as a wireless data tethering.

What debugging can I do to figure out WHY it's not tethering?

Paul Miner

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May 3, 2013, 1:52:31 AM5/3/13
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On Fri, 3 May 2013 04:35:17 +0000 (UTC), Alfred Fox <af...@example.com>
wrote:
What app are you using to tether? Simply connecting the phone to the laptop
isn't enough to make it happen. You need something else, such as PDAnet or
similar.

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Alfred Fox

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May 3, 2013, 10:25:44 PM5/3/13
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On Fri, 03 May 2013 00:52:31 -0500, Paul Miner wrote:

> What app are you using to tether? Simply connecting the phone to
> the laptop isn't enough to make it happen. You need something
> else, such as PDAnet or similar.

I simply connect the phone by USB to the laptop and I go to
"settings" on the phone, and I select "more settings" which
then comes up with "tethering", which I hit the checkbox.

It says you're now tethered. But it doesn't actually tether.

It's a native application that came with the phone.

Paul Miner

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May 4, 2013, 5:41:43 PM5/4/13
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On Sat, 4 May 2013 02:25:44 +0000 (UTC), Alfred Fox <af...@example.com>
wrote:
Yeah, that doesn't work with my S3, either. I assume Sprint has disabled
that bit of functionality. I installed PDAnet+, which seems to work ok.

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Alfred Fox

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May 5, 2013, 7:49:10 PM5/5/13
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On Sat, 04 May 2013 16:41:43 -0500, Paul Miner wrote:

> Yeah, that doesn't work with my S3, either. I assume Sprint has disabled
> that bit of functionality. I installed PDAnet+, which seems to work ok.

Oh. Then why do they leave it on there?

Oh, anyway, I'll see if I can download PDAnet+ from Google Play.

Is that the recommended tethering program on Sprint?

Paul Miner

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May 6, 2013, 10:41:54 AM5/6/13
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On Sun, 5 May 2013 23:49:10 +0000 (UTC), Alfred Fox <af...@example.com>
wrote:
No idea, it's just one that I tried and it seemed to work. I'm sure Sprint
would prefer you pay $20 a month or more to enable the hotspot feature.

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Alfred Fox

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May 16, 2013, 3:45:49 AM5/16/13
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On Mon, 06 May 2013 09:41:54 -0500, Paul Miner wrote:

>>Oh, anyway, I'll see if I can download PDAnet+ from Google Play.
>>
>>Is that the recommended tethering program on Sprint?
>
> No idea, it's just one that I tried and it seemed to work. I'm sure
> Sprint would prefer you pay $20 a month or more to enable the hotspot
> feature.

PDAnet+ seems to be a subscription.

Is there a free tethering tool?

Paul Miner

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May 16, 2013, 8:26:11 PM5/16/13
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On Thu, 16 May 2013 07:45:49 +0000 (UTC), Alfred Fox <af...@example.com>
wrote:
Not that I know of.

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