Personally, I have searched high and low for a reliable tethering app, and the one that I keep coming back to is FoxFi. Â I’m gonna go out on a limb here and say you’re going with option B. Â Ignore it, and keep reading on, because it’s probably something you would not be interested in doing anyway. click the little grey link above to find out or B. Â If you have no idea what the word “root” refers to, you can either A. Â To top it off, it’s even more exciting when you don’t have to root your phone to use it. Ready…Set…Take #2 (This is my 2nd time around writing this post, because I fell asleep in the middle of writing it the first time and for some reason it never autosaved) Can you say FRUSTRATING!?! Â Anyway, I’m hoping I can do my original justice, so here goes nothing.įor a small endangered species of smartphone users (those with unlimited data), coming across a free wi-fi tethering app that actually works is like finding the Holy Grail of smartphone apps. If you see inaccuracies in our content, please report the mistake via this form.UPDATE: If you have already been using FoxFi/PDANet+, and it stopped working after you upgraded your phone, please click here. If we have made an error or published misleading information, we will correct or clarify the article. Our editors thoroughly review and fact-check every article to ensure that our content meets the highest standards.

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