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Difference between TetherMe and "Internet Tethering" on Bigboss?
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I bought TetherMe and it works great. I feel like a MSaddon would be more stable because I've installe those profiles before and they were spotty at best.
I bought TetherMe and it works great. I feel like a MSaddon would be more stable because I've installe those profiles before and they were spotty at best.
have you tried "internet tethering" yet? if so, how is it?
if i uninstall tetherme, will it remove the MS addons it installed?
You want mobile substrate addons. Just in case something goes wrong. Same with any modification. That makes it safe and easy to recover from if something breaks.
What TethetMe does is modify like two or three files. There have been guides posted online telling you which files to modify yourself (manually). CommCenter (to tell it to accept any carrier file) and then an updated carrier.plist file, and maybe like one other file.
Of course, if you modify them manually, you would want to double-check your work, back up the original files, and make sure you know how to connect to do that in the first place (SFTP is probably the easiest) in case something does go wrong (like you lose the ability to make calls).
Or, you can get TetherMe. It's just $2, it automates it all, it easily installs through Cydia, and because it uses mobile substrate instead of directly patching files, it is safe.
If there are other programs like TetherMe, they may work exactly like TetherMe.
TetherMe $2 option, rock solid, enables native tethering
MiWi $20, enables a lot of additional options such as turning phone into a Wi-fi Router, monitoring data, monitoring your upload/download rates, allowing passwords , etc
both are good options, but if you can afford it Miwi is well worth the extra money
MiWi $20, enables a lot of additional options such as turning phone into a Wi-fi Router, monitoring data, monitoring your upload/download rates, allowing passwords , etc
both are good options, but if you can afford it Miwi is well worth the extra money
If I buy TetherMe to use for occasional internet for my macbook pro when wifi is absent, will att know about it?
I guess there's always that risk but I want to know if anyone has had any problems with it. And I have unlimited data anyways.
I still don't understand why we have to pay att per month just to tether to our laptops.
I guess there's always that risk but I want to know if anyone has had any problems with it. And I have unlimited data anyways.
I still don't understand why we have to pay att per month just to tether to our laptops.
Not directly, no. However, if you start using your AT&T connection as your sole source of internet, AT&T will notice the jump from 5GB to 50 GB/month. If you keep your usage to something reasonable (around 5GB/month), you won't set off the auditors.