Tethering is now available!

Kchino · Jul 24, 2007, 02:56 PM

Unfortunately it's not for the faint of heart, i.e. if you have no idea how to begin modding your iPhone don't try it!

It relies on some of the tools developed by the iPhone dev team (these guys rock!) and makes use of a new app called srelay.

http://cre.ations.net/blog/post/tether-your-iphone

dr_lha · Jul 24, 2007, 03:07 PM

Using the iPhone as a modem is against the AT&T TOS. It will be interesting to see if AT&T reacts to this.

pcguru83 · Jul 24, 2007, 03:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dr_lha

Using the iPhone as a modem is against the AT&T TOS. It will be interesting to see if AT&T reacts to this.

Using any phone as a modem without the tethering option is against the TOS, yet I know many people (including myself) who do so without incident. The TOS deal is a non-issue, unless you want to take the moral high ground.

ZBoater · Jul 24, 2007, 03:47 PM

Surfing the net on the iPhone on EDGE is painful enough. Going through this just to suffer even more on a laptop?

iKwick7 · Jul 24, 2007, 03:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZBoater

Surfing the net on the iPhone on EDGE is painful enough. Going through this just to suffer even more on a laptop?

Sometimes you NEED an internet connection. I would use my iPhone as a modem, once in a while, if I could.

KD7IWP · Jul 24, 2007, 03:58 PM

This is great! I wonder why AT&T is such a butt about tethering. I suppose they feel it will use more bandwidth than running the web on just your iPhone?

Kchino · Jul 24, 2007, 04:05 PM

Yeah unless you are abusing it (tethering), it's not a big deal. It is also likely that someone <hint, hint> will write a nice little app to simplify this process. I'm excited about the potential for upcoming 3rd party apps that give us freedom from Apple. I have a feeling that they are beginning to let the ball slip out of their hands as far providing iPhone users with functionality that is needed .

How about a patch for the web vulnerabilities at least, sheesh, is that asking for too much?

aristobrat · Jul 24, 2007, 04:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kchino

How about a patch for the web vulnerabilities at least, sheesh, is that asking for too much?

The vulnerability that was announced yesterday?

dr_lha · Jul 24, 2007, 04:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pcguru83

Using any phone as a modem without the tethering option is against the TOS, yet I know many people (including myself) who do so without incident. The TOS deal is a non-issue, unless you want to take the moral high ground.

Hmm, is that right? I assumed that was just for the iPhone. Interesting. I have used tethering before on my SE T637 on AT&T.

Kchino · Jul 24, 2007, 04:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aristobrat

The vulnerability that was announced yesterday?

Well I could be mistaken but I'm almost positive there is more than one vulnerability. Also, the security firm ISE informed Apple about several issues on 7/17(along with patches) and plans to report the rest of their findings at the Black Hat Conference on the 2nd of August if Apple doesn't patch them by then.

badtzmaru · Jul 24, 2007, 04:35 PM

i cant wait to try this!

chrissurra · Jul 24, 2007, 08:57 PM

Anyone with a mac try this? It seems to be written for windows. It says open a terminal and "run" tetherify-osx-intel.sh

You cant just run it from the terminal, anyone have any clarity how to do this?

aristobrat · Jul 24, 2007, 09:00 PM

You may have to chmod it to be executable before you run it in Terminal.

chmod 755 tetherify-osx-intel.sh

and then

./tetherify-osx-intel.sh

should start the script

After G · 09:01 PM

Code:

chmod u+x path/to/tetherify-osx-intel.sh

Type that in terminal, and then run the script.

If you don't remember the path (or don't want to look), drag the script into Terminal, and it should automagically type the path out for you.

tony710 · 09:05 PM

Or what they said ^

chrissurra · Jul 24, 2007, 09:26 PM

Im getting

-bash: ./tetherify-osx-intel.sh: Permission denied

aristobrat · Jul 24, 2007, 09:33 PM

Give yourself permission. Use the command from After G's post two up...

tony710 · 09:38 PM

I just tried it out of curiosity and got some errors.

I got it to run with: sh tetherify-osx-intel.sh

But it wouldn't run because the script had parenthesis in the echo lines. I removed those and it looked like it was running (went through the phases) but it wasn't copying any files to either the phone or off the phone.

Then I tried just typing everything out manually that the scripts had but iphoneinterface said 'getfile' wasn't supported.

chrissurra · Jul 24, 2007, 09:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tony710

I just tried it out of curiosity and got some errors.

I got it to run with: sh tetherify-osx-intel.sh

But it wouldn't run because the script had parenthesis in the echo lines. I removed those and it looked like it was running (went through the phases) but it wasn't copying any files to either the phone or off the phone.

Then I tried just typing everything out manually that the scripts had but iphoneinterface said 'getfile' wasn't supported.

Thry doing it running jailbreak but not iphoneinterface. Thats what I had to do to get it to recognize any unix commands.

tony710 · Jul 24, 2007, 09:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chrissurra

Thry doing it running jailbreak but not iphoneinterface. Thats what I had to do to get it to recognize any unix commands.

I had already run jailbreak and it rebooted the phone. I could/can run iphoneinterface and copy ringtones/png files over but I couldn't get it to properly run this script.

Seems some OS X users over at howardforums are having the issue as well but Windows users are reporting success.

I think I'll just wait for someone smarter than I to sort it out

chrissurra · Jul 24, 2007, 09:49 PM

Seems written for windows with Macs as an afterthought. Oh well us mac guys had the ringtones first, we will have to wait a few days for tethering.

Steve1496 · Jul 24, 2007, 09:58 PM

I for one am very excited this application was created. At my summerhouse, leeching off the neighbors network doesnt always work. Not to mention being on the road or on vacation, this app can save the day.

Thanks to all those involved in creating it!

arn · Jul 24, 2007, 10:38 PM

YouTube video by buzzert showing it in action.

I'm not sure if he used these particular instructions, but this just shows it in action.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Io11d0kFGio

arn

Peace · Jul 24, 2007, 10:45 PM

I never use this term but..

Sweet!!

aristobrat · Jul 24, 2007, 11:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by arn

YouTube video by buzzert showing it in action.

I'm not sure if he used these particular instructions, but this just shows it in action.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Io11d0kFGio

arn

Hmph. TUAW was over MacRumors in his Safari bookmarks. Blasphemy!

Jul 24, 2007, 02:56 PM	#1
Kchino macrumors member Join Date: Jul 2007	Tethering is now available! Unfortunately it's not for the faint of heart, i.e. if you have no idea how to begin modding your iPhone don't try it! It relies on some of the tools developed by the iPhone dev team (these guys rock!) and makes use of a new app called srelay. http://cre.ations.net/blog/post/tether-your-iphone

Jul 24, 2007, 03:07 PM	#2
dr_lha macrumors 68000 Join Date: Oct 2003	Using the iPhone as a modem is against the AT&T TOS. It will be interesting to see if AT&T reacts to this. __________________ Me: 1Ghz 12" PB and Mac mini Intel Core Solo 1.5Ghz, The Wife: 1.86Ghz CD MacBook, Me@Work: 2.66Ghz Mac Pro and a 2.33Ghz C2D 15" Mac Book Pro

Jul 24, 2007, 03:58 PM	#6
KD7IWP macrumors 6502a Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: My apartment in Canada	This is great! I wonder why AT&T is such a butt about tethering. I suppose they feel it will use more bandwidth than running the web on just your iPhone? __________________ 2.66Ghz Quad Nehalem Mac Pro; 8gb iPhone 3G; 30GB 5G iPod; 512mb iPod Shuffle.

Jul 24, 2007, 08:57 PM	#12
chrissurra macrumors member Join Date: Feb 2005	Anyone with a mac try this? It seems to be written for windows. It says open a terminal and "run" tetherify-osx-intel.sh You cant just run it from the terminal, anyone have any clarity how to do this? __________________ Macbook $1299 80 gb ipod $499 8gb iphone $499 Not having to deal with M$ = Priceless

Jul 24, 2007, 09:00 PM	#14
After G macrumors 68000 Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: California	Code: chmod u+x path/to/tetherify-osx-intel.sh Type that in terminal, and then run the script. If you don't remember the path (or don't want to look), drag the script into Terminal, and it should automagically type the path out for you. Last edited by After G : Jul 24, 2007 at 09:01 PM. Reason: other people are too quick

Jul 24, 2007, 03:47 PM	#4
ZBoater macrumors regular Join Date: Jul 2007	Surfing the net on the iPhone on EDGE is painful enough. Going through this just to suffer even more on a laptop?

Jul 24, 2007, 04:05 PM	#7
Kchino Thread Starter macrumors member Join Date: Jul 2007	Yeah unless you are abusing it (tethering), it's not a big deal. It is also likely that someone <hint, hint> will write a nice little app to simplify this process. I'm excited about the potential for upcoming 3rd party apps that give us freedom from Apple. I have a feeling that they are beginning to let the ball slip out of their hands as far providing iPhone users with functionality that is needed . How about a patch for the web vulnerabilities at least, sheesh, is that asking for too much?

Jul 24, 2007, 04:35 PM	#11
badtzmaru macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jul 2007	i cant wait to try this!

Jul 24, 2007, 09:00 PM	#13
aristobrat macrumors Demi-God Join Date: Oct 2005	You may have to chmod it to be executable before you run it in Terminal. chmod 755 tetherify-osx-intel.sh and then ./tetherify-osx-intel.sh should start the script

Jul 24, 2007, 09:03 PM	#15
tony710 macrumors newbie Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: ~/	Or what they said ^ Last edited by tony710 : Jul 24, 2007 at 09:05 PM. Reason: Too slow

Jul 24, 2007, 09:26 PM	#16
chrissurra macrumors member Join Date: Feb 2005	Im getting -bash: ./tetherify-osx-intel.sh: Permission denied __________________ Macbook $1299 80 gb ipod $499 8gb iphone $499 Not having to deal with M$ = Priceless

Jul 24, 2007, 09:33 PM	#17
aristobrat macrumors Demi-God Join Date: Oct 2005	Give yourself permission. Use the command from After G's post two up...

Jul 24, 2007, 09:36 PM	#18
tony710 macrumors newbie Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: ~/	I just tried it out of curiosity and got some errors. I got it to run with: sh tetherify-osx-intel.sh But it wouldn't run because the script had parenthesis in the echo lines. I removed those and it looked like it was running (went through the phases) but it wasn't copying any files to either the phone or off the phone. Then I tried just typing everything out manually that the scripts had but iphoneinterface said 'getfile' wasn't supported. Last edited by tony710 : Jul 24, 2007 at 09:38 PM. Reason: typed was instead of wasn't

Jul 24, 2007, 09:49 PM	#21
chrissurra macrumors member Join Date: Feb 2005	Seems written for windows with Macs as an afterthought. Oh well us mac guys had the ringtones first, we will have to wait a few days for tethering. __________________ Macbook $1299 80 gb ipod $499 8gb iphone $499 Not having to deal with M$ = Priceless

Jul 24, 2007, 09:58 PM	#22
Steve1496 macrumors 6502a Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Massachusetts	I for one am very excited this application was created. At my summerhouse, leeching off the neighbors network doesnt always work. Not to mention being on the road or on vacation, this app can save the day. Thanks to all those involved in creating it! __________________ 13" MacBook\|2 15" MBP\|2 20" iMacs\|4 PCs 5.1 Surround Sound\|Airport Extreme N 32 GB iPhone 3G S/iPod Classic 160GB/Nano 4G

Jul 24, 2007, 10:38 PM	#23
arn macrumors god Join Date: Apr 2001	YouTube video by buzzert showing it in action. I'm not sure if he used these particular instructions, but this just shows it in action. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Io11d0kFGio arn

Jul 24, 2007, 10:45 PM	#24
Peace macrumors Demi-God Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: On top of the Storm Peaks waiting for the Time-Lost Proto Drake	I never use this term but.. Sweet!!

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