Thread: Sprint Wireless Internet hack

he is not b.s.ing I also got charged and when i called customer service i was told the using my phone that way was a breech in contract and that they could tell by the amount of mb that was used and blah blah blah dont do it again blah. i still use it but more in moderation and havent had a problem since.

exactly, its a bummer but i don,t mind to much. I wonder when i use that software if i could log in with my sprint username and password if it would mimic what the phone does and they would then only see a spike in usage as opposed to knowing i'm using it as a modem. But let me say this they never told me i couldn't use it, in fact they didn't care but that they would charge me. I have to say i use my phone as a modem a whole, whole, whole lot. Hours and hours and poop loads of data transfer. and it worked out to about four dollars, so really i have no complaints.

Originally Posted by D-Rob76

exactly, its a bummer but i don,t mind to much. I wonder when i use that software if i could log in with my sprint username and password if it would mimic what the phone does and they would then only see a spike in usage as opposed to knowing i'm using it as a modem. But let me say this they never told me i couldn't use it, in fact they didn't care but that they would charge me. I have to say i use my phone as a modem a whole, whole, whole lot. Hours and hours and poop loads of data transfer. and it worked out to about four dollars, so really i have no complaints.

Ok now that makes a lot more sense. If you use this as a constant and consistent internet connection yeah they know you're using it as a modem, but I can assure you that they cannot tell when you are or are not using it as a modem, if that makes sense. What I'm saying is if I connect right now via my phone or via my computer they have no way of telling which one I'm using. Now if I set up an Imesh account and start dl'ing songs and movies they have some idea that I really wouldn't be transferring that much data just for functions of the phone. Still I really can't see how they can charge you if you have unlimited vision. Keyword there is unlimited and if they couldn't prove to me when I was using it as a modem I'd be hard pressed to pay them jack unless of course it was only $4 one time for using the phone as my regular internet connection.

@ D-rob:As far as my 'tude' remember these are words and this is e-communication. I had no attitude. Sprint has ppl looking on msg boards and they try little stuff where they'll try to scare ppl into not using their phones as modems although use is widespread and even though they sell this feature when selling phones and plans. I've been using my vision for 5 months with no extra charges, of course I don't use mine much at all. I may connect every other day and only to load email or bid on something on ebay. I'm a much nicer guy than I project sometimes so don't take it as I say you're bs'ing take it as kids sitting around and me saying prove it.

@Hum: How much do you use your vision via your computer?

Also if others that use this tactic could chime in it'll give us more of a guage of if Sprint is really charging.

i thought of that after i wrote it, i'm sure sprint tries everything to score. Yes i use mine a lot, it's cool how the phone disconnects and connects instantly, i think sprint rounds up so sometimes it only has to connect for an instant to pull up a page, therefore i don't get charged. I have a laptop that is a huge bad boy. 60 gig hd at 7200 rpms, 1024 megs of ram, 128mgb video card dvd burner etc. and a ht 3.2gig processor, i'm very computer illiterate, so i don't know what part of all that info helps me when i connect but dang it connects fast. veryt fast, 30 second video clip downloads in about 45 seconds. of course not like when i'm at home and using my lynksis wireless access. i would love to fool sprint completely and log in as the "phone" so they would never know. Thanks.

I have unlimited vision and do not get billed for usage - at least I haven't yet.....

I did get billed at roughly .39 cents a minute before adding unlimited vision.....

I have never tried connecting without my username though......
I bought my cable at www.3gcables.com

Just my experience....

I run a web development company so I use mine very often I would say about 8-20 hrs a week. I use the snap dialer cable purchased at best buy. I agree with you though I don’t understand how unlimited can have a limit but legally I guess they have deeper pockets then I do, I mean that’s like kicking the fat guy out of the all you can eat buffet its just not right

if you have an idea what i mean, hum, using snapdialer is there a way to put your user idea in and password, like when you log on with the phone itself and it says on the screen, connecting as and your sprint name. if that could work than all sprint would have is the massive amount of usage but they could not tell if your using your phone as an external modem. I travel the five south counties of southern california every day so internet is important for me and my job, coverage is good so i can't complain. the other thing was when everybody was saying sprint kicks them off or tells them not to do this, use phone as modem, that doesn't make sense, cause all sprint has to do is charge, like they do me, and dang! new money, right? anywho anything is cheaper than there 80 dollar a month for there card. thanks again.

D-rob I think you're on the wrong track here. The id and password doesn't matter. They can't tell when you're on the phone using vision or using the phone as a modem. If they could they would have deterred you from using it a long time ago by billing you for every kb of data that you download when you use the phone as a modem.
BTW nice ride.

I have Sprint PCS vision on 2 phones with unlimited PCS vision. This service is really unlimited. They ask that you use the Sprint PCS vision dialer software that is downloadable from their website to make your connection instead of dialing #777. But they have told me on more then one occasion its unlimited and I've been on it for 2+ hours at a time over and over without issue. Just call sprint and ask them (Can I use my PCS vision as much as I want on my laptop using your dialer software) they will say 'YES'.

Originally Posted by none

What kind of phone do you have? What kind of connection to the PC? Have you tried downloading files to gauge your real speed? It may be time to upgrade my phone, but I'm trying to hold out a little longer for the new Motorola Linux phone.