Denim giveth and Denim taketh away

[HeyCori]

With AT&T I had internet sharing as part of my plan. I used it a handful of times a year. When I switched to Cricket I lost the hotspot option (the Internet Share setting isn't even accessible). Imagine my surprise when I installed Denim and in the settings menu was Internet Sharing. So I tried it out and it worked perfectly. I was like, "Haha, got'cha Cricket!"

Well I had to do a hard reset to fix a bug. Sadly, after the restore the Internet Sharing option was gone. It was nice while it lasted. :grin:

 

[anon8959613]

Carrier B**ches !

If there is any any any option for you to get carrier unlocked phones I beg you please get them.

even if it costs you
it will be worth it !

 

[PepperdotNet]

You could flash it back to Cyan and let it update to Denim again, maybe you'd get lucky twice.

 

[Zulfigar]

With AT&T I had internet sharing as part of my plan. I used it a handful of times a year. When I switched to Cricket I lost the hotspot option (the Internet Share setting isn't even accessible). Imagine my surprise when I installed Denim and in the settings menu was Internet Sharing. So I tried it out and it worked perfectly. I was like, "Haha, got'cha Cricket!"

Well I had to do a hard reset to fix a bug. Sadly, after the restore the Internet Sharing option was gone. It was nice while it lasted. :grin:

Try using the Nokia Recovery Tool to revert back to Cyan and then reupdate?

 

[HeyCori]

You could flash it back to Cyan and let it update to Denim again, maybe you'd get lucky twice.

Naw, luckily I don't care enough to go through that whole process again. :grin:

 

[RumoredNow]

mvno carriers almost exclusively cripple Internet Sharing. Since the IS on Windows Phone is not masked they simply block it carrier side. It's not worth reverting/reflashing for some momentary glory. LOLz.

 

[Guytronic]

Man I hope T-Mo doesn't catch on (maybe they actually don't care)
Fingers crossed

I sort of depend on sharing when I carry other phones with me.

 

[MDK22]

With AT&T I had internet sharing as part of my plan. I used it a handful of times a year. When I switched to Cricket I lost the hotspot option (the Internet Share setting isn't even accessible). Imagine my surprise when I installed Denim and in the settings menu was Internet Sharing. So I tried it out and it worked perfectly. I was like, "Haha, got'cha Cricket!"

Well I had to do a hard reset to fix a bug. Sadly, after the restore the Internet Sharing option was gone. It was nice while it lasted. :grin:

Try re-booting the phone w/o the sim (it should show up). Then put the sim in, you may still have internet sharing.

 

[HeyCori]

Interesting. I might try that.

 

[RumoredNow]

1520.3 on ST w/ ATT style SIM.

My Internet Sharing never disappeared on me. Every time I turn it on it says connecting, spins for a minute and then disconnects. Tethering is absolutely against Straight Talk's TOS and WP Internet Sharing is decidedly unmasked.

 

[Nimdock]

This is the reason (+VisualVoicemail, +Lower pings) I walked away from Cricket (and would not go with ST because of the same reason). I actually needed Internet Sharing so I went with GoPhone. Definitely less data than Cricket so there's a compromise.

-Don't need Internet Sharing and want as much data as you can: go with Cricket.
-Need Internet Sharing and don't mind getting less data: go with GoPhone.

 

[RumoredNow]

No Visual Voice Mail is solved quite generously by signing up on browser for YouMail and installing the ISeeVM App on your phone.

I use it on Straight Talk and it exceeds my expectations about what VVM should deliver.

 

[Coreldan]

Damn, must suck to be from the US

 

[HeyCori]

Damn, must suck to be from the US

It's hard living on that carrier teat. :crying:

 

[Coreldan]

It's hard living on that carrier teat. :crying:

Yeah.. For a long time I was jaelous about how US peeps got their phones for so cheap, while around here it's pretty much the norm you pay the full unlocked price upfront. Then a US friend told me how it really is over there when I was once complaining about that. I then realized I was lucky paying my unlocked phones upfront, while my call, text and data plan is around 10usd worth a month and has unlimited data with very reasonable call and text fees. And my carrier doesnt tell me what phones I can or can not buy nor can it limit the features of my phone.

 

[kittengirl]

Thank goodness our T-Mobile plan includes internet sharing! Needed it recently when our home Internet went down for a couple days.