Wifi tethering

In July, I rooted my phone so that I could tether over WiFi.  I was traveling and I knew. Wouldn't have access to the internet.  I installed a WiFi tethering app on my phone but it had some issues.  After I was done with the internet, I disabled tethering.  At that point, my phone couldn't connect to any WiFi networks.  I had to restart the phone t use the WiFi.  The experience made me hesitant to root my current phone to do tethering.

The other day, I discovered the FoxFi app.  This app allows you to do WiFi tethering without root or a tethering data plan!  Although available on Google Play, some carriers block the app from being listed.  It was convenient enough to go to the app's home page and download the .apk file.  After installing the .apk file, I was ready to go.  I set a WPA password and turned on the hotspot.  I had my coworker connect to my hotspot.  After he verified that it the tethering was working he installed the app, and I connected to his hotspot from my phone.  It was that easy!  The user interface was pretty simplistic.  It didn't support some of the features that other tethering apps supported, like Mac filtering. Working without rooting your phone makes it well worth it, though!