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Bypass 3G service limitations - lIceColon - 12-15-2013
So in Hong Kong, we have these insanely cheap 3G service for less than $10 a month that gives you unlimited 3G access (nerfed to 200kbps after 5gb usage). The catch is however this service does not allow any kind of tethering, meaning the only device that will be able to make use of the service is my phone.
So is there any way to bypass this limitation? I already have a phone service through prepaid sim card so I'm okay with the 3G sim card permanently out of my phone. Is it possible for example to use a 3G USB modem or something?
RE: Bypass 3G service limitations - QuinnZai - 12-15-2013
I am not sure about how to bypass that. But I use a 3G USB modem. I guess you will have to try it out to find out if it works.
RE: Bypass 3G service limitations - Kazinsal - 12-15-2013
If you have an Android phone, you can set up a portable 3G-based wireless hotspot. That might work.
RE: Bypass 3G service limitations - sindroms - 12-15-2013
Ubuntu has an option to use any mobile device as a router. That could help.
RE: Bypass 3G service limitations - Deatlev - 12-15-2013
There's an app for android called tether (might be available for ios too). Plug in your phone to your computer via USB and do the magic, you are now using your phone as a 3G modem. Google on how to set it up.
RE: Bypass 3G service limitations - lIceColon - 12-15-2013
Android has built in usb tethering functions, I'm just uncertain- if your service is somehow able to disable wifi tethering, wouldn't it be able to do the same for usb tethering - and how exactly does it even manage to disable tethering?
RE: Bypass 3G service limitations - Coin - 12-15-2013
1. yay, someone else in asia who plays this old game
2. there's no way that the service provider can tell if the device is acting as a wifi hotspot - all they can see that the phone is using data. their only clue is the bandwidth - if you're using up 5gb in a day, then you're probably not playing candy crush. the service provider can't access the phone to see which services are running.
RE: Bypass 3G service limitations - Zen_Mechanics - 12-15-2013
Android based smartphones have "hotspot" function, as I recall its "mobileAP" function that can be accessed in any galaxy phone via "settings" - This however is not limited to galaxy, as long as you have android 2.2+ ; This function allows your phone to act as a wifi spot so that other devices can surf through it.
RE: Bypass 3G service limitations - Haste - 12-15-2013
(12-15-2013, 12:51 PM)Coin Wrote: 2. there's no way that the service provider can tell if the device is acting as a wifi hotspot - all they can see that the phone is using data. their only clue is the bandwidth - if you're using up 5gb in a day, then you're probably not playing candy crush. the service provider can't access the phone to see which services are running.
Don't be so sure. Dutch ISP(s) got into trouble because they were using deep packet inspection. I doubt they hold back much in other countries.
It isn't very hard (for example) to detect a phone browser compared to a desktop / whatever browser.
It's not like all your traffic is encrypted.
(Mind you, I personally use tethering quite a bit while my phone plan doesn't allow it. Never got in trouble. Still, claiming that you're perfectly safe and they don't know anything is hopelessly naive. Apparently, ISPs have a tendency to cap your bandwidth if you're using BitTorrent and such, too.)
RE: Bypass 3G service limitations - Zen_Mechanics - 12-15-2013
ISP's block p2p sharing abilities only when the government forces them to, I know this because I work in one the countries ISP at the back office. Also, 3g optics ( infastructure ) are not the same as your normal cable/dsl connection. However, there are ways to detect unusual behaviour if you can actually narrow it down to an individual, but unless theres a warrant to your arrest no one can just simply pick it up. Also, in any democracy the basic privacy rights prevent such actions unless the court says otherwise. As for "is it legal" - it is legit.