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iPhone 3.1 Update Disables Tethering
jole writes "The newest iPhone 3.1 update intentionally removed tethering functionality from all phones operating in networks that are not Apple partners. This is not limited to hacked or jailbroken phones, but also includes expensive 'officially supported' factory-unlocked phones. To make the problem worse, Apple has made it impossible to downgrade back to a working 3.0 version for iPhone 3GS phones."
Fuck AT&T and Apple with a rusty razorblade.
There's no good reason to disable tethering on foreign networks, apart from Apple being greedy cunts.
I'm quite glad I have a non-Apple UMTS device, but I do feel sorry for all the poor bastards that bought into the hype. And the limitations imposed after-the-fact.
I'd like to get all hot and bothered, but I just can't. I have a legal data bundle with tethering included for which I have paid. Apple is not calling all the shots in this game, they have to at least pay lip service to providers wishes. If that means people not on explicit data plans with tethering get shafted, it's a hiccup. I'm sure it will get fixed. But don't let that stop anyone from going all fscking crazy about the imaginary freedoms they never had on other platforms until Apple changed the smart phone game.
Fiat Homos et Pereat Theos
...I wasn't gonna do it, but I'm jailbraking my shit again. Not because I need the added functionality, but because it's currently the only method I have to bite my thumb at CrApple (besides not buying their products...but they are just so PERTY and SHINY!!).
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This is such a useless issue to worry about. Jailbreak your phone and get PDAnet or one of the other programs that will do this. Yes, business users can't probably do this, but individuals can. It's not that hard.
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in the US, a Sprint Simply Everything plan (includes Unlimited data use) is around $1000.00 cheaper a year to have.
is FUD.
That article is over a year old and talks about saving $1000 over 2 years.
Yes but do they run iFart?
So they disabled your illegal hack preventing you from stealing service...cry me a river.
They like to keep up with the Jones'
Grammar Nazi time: possessives are always spelled like they sound. "Keeping up with the Jones's." The "s'" thing is for "plurals ending in s" not "words ending in s", except for the exceptions to the exception to the exception, of course, but "spelled like they sound" is the easy way to remember that it's "keeping up with the Jones's" but also "Davy Jones' Locker".
But then, maybe you were just following the time-honored tradition of making errors in grammar while calling someone idiot on the internet.
Socialism: a lie told by totalitarians and believed by fools.
And your chocolate ration has been raised from 50 grams to 20 grams.
>>>"Unlimited" means "unlimited"
Yes except there's the fine print, and it explains that you get *unlimited time* as opposed to $5 per hour of use (like my old ISP used to do) or XX hours per month (like Netzero does). It's not the fault of the ISP you jump to false conclusions because you fail to read the contract. I suppose when you see GM or Toyota advertise "100,000 mile warranty" you assume it means the whole damn car.
Well it doesn't, and that is made clear when you read the sales contract.
READ.
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - historian Evelyn Beatrice Hall
Yep - I'm fat and you're a coward. I can go on a diet, though, and lose weight.
You'll never manage to grow some balls, though.
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Luxury price tags are but one indicator of a product's value. Why do people buy BMW's, Lexuses, Infinitis, and Acuras when, for far less money, they could buy a Ford, Saturn, or Honda? All of these have the same functionality and meet the standards for personal transportation. They vary in that "luxury" implies, perhaps opportunity for the privilege of snobbery, but also a better ownership experience. I am not a fan of of any company because of its label, but I surely do appreciate not having to do extensive maintenance and support and to buy lots of different applications to do what I need or want to do.
Reverse snobbery is just as silly as brand affection.
>>>Definitions like "Unlimited" and "Free" have real world meaning that can be altered in contract.
Yes I know. That's why you need to read the contract before you sign it. I read my Verizon contract and it clearly states unlimited means unlimited hours, not unlimited gigabytes. I suspect virtually all ISPs contracts are the same, therefore it's disingenuous for the signer to claim it means something else.
>>>I waive my right to sue them, participate in class action or have a jury trial.
Yeah except that you don't. Congressional and Constitutional law supersede contract law, as paypal.com discovered when they were drug into court and the Judge nullified large chunks of the user agreement, because he argued that citizens can not "sign away" their rights. He then order paypal to refund money to its users who had been defrauded.
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - historian Evelyn Beatrice Hall