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Question

Hotspot and Sony Vaio Laptop

Aug 22, 2011 5:54AM PDT

I have been using my HTC 4G Sprint phone to connect to the internet on my desktop computer. However, I have a brand new Sony Vaio Laptop and the Hotspot will not work on it. Is the laptop missing something (some adaptor) or is it just me? I tried with Sprint Techs and we could not get it to work. Thanks for any help I can get. I did try turning on WiFi (on my phone and on the laptop) but that did not work either. I was told not to plug in a usb cable because it (the phone) should just pickup a wifi signal from the laptop.

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I own an Evo 4G so we can compare notes.
Aug 22, 2011 6:00AM PDT

Not only do you have to have the tethering option turned on but the wifi hotspot option.

I didn't pay for that so I can only tether with EasyTether.

As to the Sprint techs, the ones here failed gloriously to figure out that I needed more services. I would not take their word about the time of day.
Bob

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Evo 4G and Sony Vaio
Aug 23, 2011 1:43AM PDT

Hi and thanks for your reply. I do use the tethering option because when I plug the phone into the computer it gives me that option. I do not see that option working with the laptop though. I will try again and try to write down what the computer (lap top) tells me is wrong. My wifi is the biggest problem now. And by the way, one of the things the Sprint tech helped me with was to take off all those apps I had running on my Evo because they were using up the resources. My phone works 100 times better now.

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When I need to tether with a PC.
Aug 23, 2011 1:44AM PDT

I get to install the tether software. I may have missed it but did you install the tether app on the laptop?
Bob

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When I need to tether with a pc
Aug 23, 2011 3:23AM PDT

No. I did not install that app. I have not been able to use the laptop for internet at all for a few weeks. I would not know where to find that app. Do you mean the app that is on my Evo? Can you tell me how to go about that? I will try to get on the internet (via the laptop) without the Evo tonight and see what happens. My Verizon DSL has been fixed as of yesterday and all my problems might be solved and I will not need to use the Evo Hotspot anymore. I'm happy it did work for me though.

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The tether app for the PC.
Aug 23, 2011 3:26AM PDT

Because I use EasyTether and not the Sprint version I install the PC side of the tether app.

It's not automatic and a shame to read that the cell carrier has failed to mention this.
Bob