Since Gingerbread upgrade tether redirects me to page asking me to sign up for VZW tethering

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Which device (manufacturer, type)?
Moto Droid-X Android v2.3.3

Which firmware is installed?
Kernel 2.6.32.9

What version of wireless tether are you using?
2.0.8-Pre1 but results are the same for every version 2.0.6 and up

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1.Start wifi tether
2.Click Green icon to tether
3.It starts
4.Try to connect with ipad
5. Page rolls up offering plan to sub to vzw tethering
6. redirected page is https://dunsp.vzw.comnewSelfProvisioning/SelfProvisioning 
Titled BBAC Customer Referal Page.  I hit cancel.
7. From this point on, ipad drops IP address. Only thing it retains is DNS 
address which eventually disappears, too
8. Any internet on the phone brings you to the same page without regards to 
wifi tether running or not.
9. You must reboot the phone for phone internet to restart.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

Please provide any additional information below.
This has always worked until the GB update.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by boonel...@gmail.com on 3 Jun 2011 at 3:26

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What were the steps you took to get to the rooted GB you're at right now? 

I used to have the exact same problem, then the ApeX ROM pretty much crashed my 
DroidX, so I RSD'd back to the last working Froyo (2.2.340). I didn't restore 
any of my app data or Nandroid backups, just rooted Froyo and applied the GB 
updates as well as reinstalling the DX tether patch with each step (each step 
being at Froyo 2.2.340, GingerBread build-4.5.157, GB build-4.5.588, and GB 
4.5.595). Then after getting to the latest version of GB, I installed a custom 
ROM, the tether patch again, and lastly, the latest version of WiFi Tether, and 
it started perfectly. I was also pretty stoked it wasn't ad-hoc wireless 
either, but an actual wireless network. 

While I was on ApeX (and other gingerbread ROMs before it), I could never get 
wifi tether working and every time I tried, my phone's browser wouldn't work 
and Verizon thought any regular data use was tethered data. I tried every 
version of Wifi Tether, nothing worked. I chalked it up to Verizon cracking 
down and gave up. But since my phone was screwed and I had to start all over, I 
decided not to take any shortcuts, made sure the tether patch was applied with 
each update, and restored all my previous apps but none of the previous app 
data. 

Obviously, completely wiping your phone and starting from scratch is a hassle 
if you just want wifi tether, but if you really need it, get Titanium Backup 
AND MyBackup Pro (between the two, you can back up apps, call logs, text 
messages... pretty much everything so your phone will still be the same) and 
then once you upgrade your phone back to where it is now, you can restore all 
your apps just not the app data, then download the latest Wifi Tether and 
you'll be good to go. 

Original comment by matt.kel...@gmail.com on 29 Jul 2011 at 8:32

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There's a nasty hack that will get Wifi Tether working again:

http://android.stackexchange.com/q/13223/2300#13436

Original comment by josh3...@gmail.com on 26 Sep 2011 at 10:46