Can I take the data plan on my Sprint S4 and use it as a hotspot with this item? It says"Transfer your Local/3G Network to Wifi Hotspot in One Step."
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You cannot take your SIM card out and put it in this, if that is what you are hoping; it has no cellular capability. However, if you can use your S4 as a USB modem, and if it is compatible (check w Loftek), you can connect it to the USB port and the Loftek can create a wifi/ethernet network. If your phone can create a hotspot itself, the Loftek can also join that hotspot, which might be useful to increase the wifi range or connect an ethernet device that doesn't have wifi. I have not found it reliable at connecting to wifi networks, but that may be also be the networks themselves. Make sure you use WPA2 or at least WPA encryption on the wifi network you create!
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You can call sprint and ask if they offer tethering. For $10 a month extra I can create a hotspot with my phone (sprint via boostmobile) and connect up to six devices.
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You have to buy a plan. I've never been able to get this product to work. Even after paying. Don't buy it! My friend has a Verizon brand hotspot that actually works...perhaps look into those...
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If you're using CDMA/ Verizon service they will not let you use your phone as a mobile hotspot. Any other services will. I have at&t service and I can use it with my phone
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You can purchase an ATT "Hotspot" . It works just like a router. I pay $50. A month for its data plan. We have a second home without Internet service and it works great, and keep in mind, this works where ever you can get an ATT signal. I believe Verizon offers the same thing, however their plan may be a little different .
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No you can't , sprint doesn't work with SIM cards only AT&T; . I wouldn't suggest this phone to anybody. When I received this phone it wouldn't connect to sprint,
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I'm not aware of Sprint's plans. You can buy this phone however and use it with Freedompop which gives you free phone, text and data (500MB Free/mo) which is what I did.
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With wi-fi accessibility, do you need to have a provider (AT&T or T-Mobile) data plan in place (to access something like myspace or other)? What is the least expensive way to go, if you have any idea? I am in NY and do not travel much, but my child is spoiled by the sidekick and we had to cut the web, leaving texting open. It doesn't state it has AIM either. It seems AT&T is better in the no-choice game, but since we have a family network already on T-Mobile and unlimited texting and free T-Mobile to T-Mobile calls, I am not sure there is a savings. Please...its on sale today :)
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Depends on what your asking. If you can connect it straight to Verizon, like adding it onto your plan, I don't know. If your asking about general connection and if its possible, then yes. I use my hotspot to connect. I was going to purchase a jetpack from the Verizon store to be able to carry around a portable wifi, but where I needed to use it it wasn't going to get service. Hope that helps.
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Yes you can. I have had Consumer Cellular for almost a year and have used several different phones with them. I currently have the LG Nitro and have been well pleased with the compatibility. I get 4g data coverage and so far the performance has exceeded my expectations. I have not tried using this phone as a hotspot hub, so I can't speak to that feature. Multimedia texting seems to work well.
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thank you! I got this phone for my sons for Christmas. I don't plan on adding a data plan to their account, but there is wifi available everywhere they go: home, school, grandma's, friends', etc. Let me clarify something though: If there is no wifi available, will they still be able to talk and text? (that is all they need it for outside of wifi)
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Yes you can .You can go online to sprint and connect the phone to sprint service yourself .
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Just hotspot can be work with any device use wifi ,only you need to have more data to use it
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I just checked clear website for a neighbor. It says they now have merged with sprint. When we got ours 2 years ago, we got unlimited data for 49.00 a month, we got great reception we could stream movies etc, it was the greatest. NOW however the merge is not a good thing, sprint limits the data, 79.00 a month for their highest gb of data. not unlimited anylonger. I am not sure why they did not change our data plan we never had a contract but it was so good we kept it. so also sprint wants 2 year contract for a device free. its nothing like it used to be.
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All versions of the Xperia tablet sold in the United States are Wi-Fi only. They do not have a SIM card slot. Sony does sell a version that supports 3G in some countries but will likely never do so here because of a workaround I'm about to describe next.... There is a simple and cost-effective workaround to this "problem." That is, if you also have a recent model 4G phone (from any carrier)--and most people do--you can simply enable the "Mobile Hotspot" feature to turn your phone into a 4G gateway. Then, you can simply connect by Wi-Fi from your tablet to your phone. You don't need two data plans this way (one for the phone, one for the tablet); you just piggyback on your phone plan. I hope that makes sense. This works really well with my Verizon Motorola Razr MAXX HD phone on both 4G (available almost everywhere now) and 3G (in more rural areas). In fact, I can actually get faster throughput from my phone than from my 4Mbit DSL service in my own home. Because I have an unlimited data plan with Verizon, I don't worry about extra charges. That's the whole reason why the carriers want to sell 3G/4G tablets anyway....to get you to buy more data. But, lately they've found that the cellular tablets are a harder sell when they have to explain that there is a separate data plan. So, the carriers now offer the "hotspot" feature because the whole purpose is to get you to pay for data somehow. If you're not using it on your phone, maybe you'll use it on your tablet via your phone. I hope this helps you. Good luck.
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If you use below the 500mb you don't have to pay anything but you must use at least 5 mb a month or you will have to pay a fee to start it back up. Beware that that this device will not work everywhere due to it being 4 g only so check the areas that you travel to see if it works. Also they have other hotspots that will work everywhere that is 3G and 4g with great plans. Soon they will so be a cell phone company that you could actually have free service. Do a search.
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Taylor,Yes you can. I have this phone and I have Verizon for a provider. I do not have a data plan. When I purchased this phone I just had them attach it to my old plan.