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USB Tethering Working On iPhone 3.0 Through Hack

Posted by samzenpus on from the make-it-work dept.

eviltangerine writes "Twitter user stroughtonsmith was dickering around with the carrier bundle files for his developer version of the iPhone 3.0 OS and enabled the USB tethering options. Apparently he has even been able to use his laptop to access the internet over the USB tether. MacRumors comments that while Apple has announced the availability of tethering, it hasn't hashed out the details with the mobile carriers (probably so they can charge more in fees). No word on connection speed, but here are some pictures of his phone while tethering."

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  1. Wtf is tethering? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Wtf is tethering?

  2. Strange...I do that now on AT&T by Phoenix · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I do that on AT&T with a Sony Ericsson W350i. Now I have the unlimited data option on my account and thus there is no charge for the tethering to my laptop with my USB cable.

    It shows up in my statement every time I use the service and every bit that passes gets documented in my bill (it's darn thick).

    Thus it beggars the question of why Apple hasn't activated the feature on their phone with the only carrier that is *allowed* (AT&T) to use the phone in the United States, when the carrier in question already allows this function on other phones.

    Greed? Stupidity? Both?

    Phoenix

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  3. Re:Extra cost for tethering by darkvad0r · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I do it over wifi with my jailbroken iPhone and my carrier (Orange France) has not noticed (or maybe I don't do it often enough for them to care about it). Either way, I'm sure there are ways to work around the tethering fee.

  4. Re:Extra cost for tethering by darkvad0r · · Score: 5, Interesting

    No, you got it all wrong. The phone and the laptop are connected aver wifi (adhoc network). Then I create a sock proxy on my iphone and setup firefox to go through that proxy. The data is effectively transferred over 3G or EDGE.

  5. how to get kid to answer phone by SethJohnson · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I often need to reach them and they don't answer their phone. Sometimes they're out of range, sometimes they just don't want to answer.

    If your child isn't answering the phone when you call, you need to return the phone to the store you bought it from. Tell your child the device isn't succeeding at fulfilling the purpose for which you purchased it. If your teenager has a job and bought the phone himself / herself, then it is the child's choice of when to answer the phone.

    Seth

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