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As there are no LTE versions of WP7 or iPhone it is hard to determine, though quite curious as to if this issue resides in Verizon's side, or the Android OS side of the technology.
@Mister Spock I never had an issue with my LTE in Tampa so I don't know why he continues to have problems wiyh his even though he changed phones... I think it is where he lives.
Yep. It is true. I even went to Verizon office, they gave me a new phone. The rep at Verizon called their tech support who sggested a new phone. I knew it was a software problem. Well the solution of setting the date back works. I am using the hotspot right now after 2 days of dissappointment
Mine says it's connected, but won't process any information. Is that the problem you were having?
@hoaxoner Most of us are seeing the utility start up and then close immediately. If you try to go through the manual settings route you won't even see any response when you tap on Mobile Hotspot. Amazingly, Verizon STILL has no acknowledgement up or status on the problem!
Vzw responded to my question about it on twitter.....look at their vzwsupport handle....they responded once with their looking into it and then 6 hours later with an update that all top level techs are now working on the issue but they did not have an eta yet. So they did acknowledge it at least...
Just got my Charge yesterday and the hotspot app will not open.
Serves Verizon right (at the consumer's inconvienience) that the HotSpot feature doesn't work right. That there is a date-related bug doesn't surprise me, as this app is rigged to function as a "free trial" subject to disablement after a certain date, which has already been extended once.
The fix to me seems obvious. Quit trying to monetize this "feature" as a gold-mine corporate cash cow, just as the rest of the world doesn't charge for tethering (even Canada doesn't for crying out loud) and just implement the standard Android .apk, and leave tethering alone to begin with. I would personally gladly forego "unlimited" data for caps in exchange for open tethering taken from the data allowance.
The funny thing is, VZW implements tethering just this way on tablets using the standard Android .apk, and I have yet to hear of hotspot issues on these devices.
The fix to me seems obvious. Quit trying to monetize this "feature" as a gold-mine corporate cash cow, just as the rest of the world doesn't charge for tethering (even Canada doesn't for crying out loud) and just implement the standard Android .apk, and leave tethering alone to begin with. I would personally gladly forego "unlimited" data for caps in exchange for open tethering taken from the data allowance.
The funny thing is, VZW implements tethering just this way on tablets using the standard Android .apk, and I have yet to hear of hotspot issues on these devices.
OMG, thank you for shedding some light on this issue. I have had my Charge for 15 days now (1 day past the return policy limit) and I was trying to use the Mobile Hotspot App (not in WiFi mode, just through the LTE network) and the app wouldn't launch! I was cursing the phone, figuring that of course it would give me problems now that I cannot return it, all the while it is a VZ issue. I turned the date back as suggested and voila!! Get your $h!t together VZ, we're paying way too mucb for your service to be forced to deal with these amatuerish bugs!
Thank you for posting this. I noticed that my hotspot feature on the charge stopped working last week. Contacted verizon (no mention of this widespread issue). They sent me a new Charge and guess what - same problem. Very frustrating.
A software update was released for the Charge on 6/9 to resolve this issue. The software update will be pushed over the next week.
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