Flashlight App Sneaks Tethering Into App Store [Pulled]

[Karukuubis]

3 2 1 and pulled. Why couldn't it be a little secret that only real avid tethering fans could known about and not publicly mentioned in various Apple rumor sites?

 

[leomac08]

Gah! I think they took it out! Cant find it on my iPad!

edit:* got it

 

[ppc_michael]

Man, it's such a shame. My Android phone has this built-in to the OS. Android!

 

[dmx]

It does NOT show up when searching for Handy Light in the app store.

To find it, search for the developers name NICK LEE and it will be in the list! Just bought it.

 

[rami.g]

maybe Apple will use their "Remote Kill Switch"....

hmmmmm?

 

[iPhoneONLY]

Marketing Ploy????

Has anyone confirmed it works? Maybe this is just a marketing ploy by the developer to sell his app??

 

[abercrombie]

I'm in, just bought it!!

 

[kolax]

Works a treat for me!

Love the "cheat" to get the purple colour and it works. Brilliant!

 

[Doju]

Man, it's such a shame. My Android phone has this built-in to the OS. Android!

Yeah, only this is a one time fee of $1. Your carrier will want you to pay for that if not now, eventually.

Bought it.

 

[maokh]

I lost my netshare because i didn't sync the app to iTunes fast enough (had an unfortunate restore issue when i upgraded the firmware).

Glad to finally have a working one of these in iPhone 4 now

Get it while its hot!

 

[DMann]

I just searched for it in the App Store and it doesn't show up for me now.

I don't see it in the store

Search for it using iTunes.

If it still doesn't come up. click the blue title: All iPhone apps for 'handy light'

until it does.

 

[rami.g]

go to the link from the first post to this thread to download it.

 

[HiRez]

This is a cute hack demo, which will soon be pulled, but it does illustrate the danger of downloading apps disguised as something else. How long before someone starts putting in notifications that demand you re-enter your Apple iTunes credit card info (which they then send out), or track your location, or chat clients that log your messages and scan for information, or whatever?

 

[FightTheFuture]

I've already bought it.

Yeah got this one in the bag

Got it!!!!

I missed Netshare the first time. Figured I'd wait a day before buying it. I've regretted it for 2 years...

same here.

i also missed out on Netshare when it was $9. i didn't have an iPhone3G at the time, so i thought there would be an alternative in the future. obviously no tethering app ever appeared again, and apparently netshare still works with iOS4.

 

[ppc_michael]

Yeah, only this is a one time fee of $1. Your carrier will want you to pay for that if not now, eventually.

Bought it.

We're both on AT&T. I won't have to pay for it until you do, too.

 

[iTzChasE]

IT WORKS! I am using it right now. It is also pretty easy to set up. Just watch the video and you will get it configured in less than 30 seconds.

 

[kolax]

Assuming I don't do excessive stuff - just light web browsing, is there any way that my carrier (Orange) can tell I'm tethering?

 

[HiRez]

maybe Apple will use their "Remote Kill Switch"....

hmmmmm?

I'm pretty sure they will. If Apple doesn't care, AT&T will probably demand it.

What I'm worried about is cheats like this slowing down the app approval process dramatically.

 

[SiskoKid]

Make sure when you look for it, use two words Handy Light. That's how I found it. Not sure for how much longer it'll be in the store though. Have yet to try it. The way to do that is super complicated, but I'm excited to try it when I get home

 

[iTzChasE]

Assuming I don't do excessive stuff - just light web browsing, is there any way that my carrier (Orange) can tell I'm tethering?

Nope, and If they do say something all you have to say is "What? I like watching YouTube videos..."

 

[goobot]

multitasking?

 

[winninganthem]

Thanks Arn, much appreciated.

 

[chembox]

Followed the iTunes link directly on my iPhone and just downloaded it, woot!

 

[jdong]

Definitely works.

For the technically adept, the instructions are overly complex. The short story is, tap blue->yellow->red->right corner, and the screen turns purple and a SOCKS proxy starts on port 1337. You don't need a 13.37.13.37 IP scheme.

 

[Natesac]

Anyone get it to work with an iPhone 4 and an iPad wifi?