

*If your phone is not recognized by your computer after connecting USB, please see =Bluetooth Mode= You can use Bluetooth mode to connect Windows. =Do I need this software?= The PdaNet software has been around since the first Treo smart phone in 2003. With over 30 million downloads in total, it must be something that everyone needs, right? really depends on the kind of data plan you have for your phone. There are 4 kinds of data plans from most carriers: 1.

Your data plan (limited or unlimited) does not allow you to turn on the mobile hotspot feature on the phone (it prompts you to call your carrier). Your data plan is unlimited and you can turn on mobile hotspot from your phone to use it. But hotspot usage is "metered" against a cap (say 5G/month). After that the speed will be throttled to a crawl. Your data plan is unlimited, and you can turn on mobile hotspot from your phone with unlimited LTE usage and no throttling cap. This plan does NOT exist or not intended. But we have seen loopholes on some phone models to allow it. You data plan is limited and it allows you to turn on mobile hotspot from your phone. The mobile hotspot usage goes under the same data plan limit. If your plan falls under 1 or 2, you will need to use PdaNet+.
