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This isn't that new; PDANet has been blocked on AT&T in this manner for at least a year (from my experience having tried to download it when I first got an N1).
by ben1040 16y ago
This isn't that new; PDANet has been blocked on AT&T in this manner for at least a year (from my experience having tried to download it when I first got an N1). Searching for it in the Market yielded nothing when an AT&T SIM was in the phone.
On my N1 the easy solution to the block was just to power down the phone, pull the SIM, then access the market over wifi. All those carrier blocked apps suddenly reappeared. I don't know if carrier locked phones still "remember" their carrier when you pull the SIM, though, and in any case I guess you're stuck with sideloading on those non-LTE Verizon devices where there's no SIM to remove.
- kevko 16y agoPutting the phone in airplane mode and turning on Wifi mode also effects the same behavior on many Android phones from AT&T. This would probably work for your Nexus, too.
- neuroelectronic 16y agoAnother possible work-around is Amazon's App store. That's where I purchased EasyTeather Pro. Are the carriers/Google going to force all App stores to bend to their whims?
- ben1040 16y agoAT&T's app sideloading ban makes Amazon's app store moot at present, and it certainly puts AT&T in a bargaining position to request Amazon implement these carrier specific blocks too if Amazon wants access to all these AT&T devices.