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Flashlight App Sneaks Tethering Into App Store [Pulled]
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overseas app store still can purchase Handy Light. GOGO
p.s. even though my country supports official tethering, still like the idea of wifi adhoc network tethering. without need to jb
can we purchase through an overseas app store? if so, how?
what.
no.
What you need to worry about is an Apple update changing or disabling SOCKS or the App developer issuing an updated version without this functionality (which means backup the ipa).
Another one for win 7 users. Thanks to MRsfu.
1.Set up an ad hoc Wi-Fi network on your computer (network name and password requirement are not important).
2.Connect to the Wi-Fi network you just created on your iPhone through the Settings/Wi-Fi menu.
3.Tap on the blue arrow to the right of the selected Wi-Fi network, click Static in the IP Address menu and enter the following IP address and chuckle at its geek quotient: 13.37.13.37
4.Next, enter 255.255.255.0 in the Subnet Mask field.
5.Back out of the Settings menu to ensure these settings are saved (though hitting the Home button right away shouldnt change them).
6.Manually set the IP for your laptop's adapter to something in the 13.37.13.xx range (xx = any number 0-255 except 37) and set subnet mask to 255.0.0.0. To do this Go to control panel, Network and Internet, then the Network and Sharing Center. On the left side click on Change adapter settings. When the window pops up, find your wireless network adapter there. Right click it and choose properties. Find the line that says Internet Protocol version 4 and double click it. Change the settings here from Obtain auto to "Use the following IP address." Fill in IP address (13.37.13.38 for example) and subnet mask 255.0.0.0. Leave the rest blank and click ok.
7.Go back to your iPhone and open the Handy Light app and tap the flashlight colors at the bottom in the following sequence: blue, yellow, red. Then tap the top right corner of the screen and the color should change to purple. Your iPhone is now capable of sharing its internet connection with the computer you set up.
8.Leave the app open and go to your computer and start browsing. As the video describes, we found that it took a few seconds for the connection to kick in but then it worked like a charm. Though many variables affect network speed tests, a quick test using Speedtest.net yielded 3.92 Mb/s down and 0.38 Mb/s up while tethered to our iPhone 4 through Handy Light.
1.Set up an ad hoc Wi-Fi network on your computer (network name and password requirement are not important).
2.Connect to the Wi-Fi network you just created on your iPhone through the Settings/Wi-Fi menu.
3.Tap on the blue arrow to the right of the selected Wi-Fi network, click Static in the IP Address menu and enter the following IP address and chuckle at its geek quotient: 13.37.13.37
4.Next, enter 255.255.255.0 in the Subnet Mask field.
5.Back out of the Settings menu to ensure these settings are saved (though hitting the Home button right away shouldnt change them).
6.Manually set the IP for your laptop's adapter to something in the 13.37.13.xx range (xx = any number 0-255 except 37) and set subnet mask to 255.0.0.0. To do this Go to control panel, Network and Internet, then the Network and Sharing Center. On the left side click on Change adapter settings. When the window pops up, find your wireless network adapter there. Right click it and choose properties. Find the line that says Internet Protocol version 4 and double click it. Change the settings here from Obtain auto to "Use the following IP address." Fill in IP address (13.37.13.38 for example) and subnet mask 255.0.0.0. Leave the rest blank and click ok.
7.Go back to your iPhone and open the Handy Light app and tap the flashlight colors at the bottom in the following sequence: blue, yellow, red. Then tap the top right corner of the screen and the color should change to purple. Your iPhone is now capable of sharing its internet connection with the computer you set up.
8.Leave the app open and go to your computer and start browsing. As the video describes, we found that it took a few seconds for the connection to kick in but then it worked like a charm. Though many variables affect network speed tests, a quick test using Speedtest.net yielded 3.92 Mb/s down and 0.38 Mb/s up while tethered to our iPhone 4 through Handy Light.
Yes you can sync, no problem.
Once you've done that, backup the .ipa file in your Apps folder in case you have to reformat or your comp crashes. Apple won't let you redownload it in the future.
I just signed up for AT&T supported tethering for my next billing cycle. Not going to depend on hackers.
drag the file from the Apps section of iTunes to your desktop. or right click the Handy Light file in Apps and select 'show in finder.' burn it to dvd, upload it to your cloud, make copies.
back it up 10 times
Backing up the file is useless if they killswitch it. My guess is the kill-list would have a unique identifier of the app and that identifier would be the same whether or not you downloaded it through iTunes or copied it from a backup. So the phone would still not allow the app to run.
Glad your excited.
. Typical life of Windows, multiple steps of madness that can be done in less than half the steps on a Mac.Your statement has absolutely no merit whatsoever, you are stating that he will not go to college because of the application?
I seriously doubt Apple is going to refund all the users that downloaded the application, and if that were correct there would be absolutely no way Apple could hold their 30% cut of the money. I am sure Apple is going to remove him from the iOS developer site and the iTunes App store.
Just a quick anecdote: one of my first orders of business on my laptop using this app to tether was to go into the app store in iTunes and re purchase it (free) so I had a copy on my laptop without having to sync my phone with USB and transfer the purchase. Why plug it in when I can just do it while tethering? Haha!
My friend who has an incredible has been trying to get tethering to work without paying extra and this app allowed me to beat him to it!
My friend who has an incredible has been trying to get tethering to work without paying extra and this app allowed me to beat him to it!
forgive my ignorance, but has apple ever used the infamous "kill switch?"
It wouldn't shock me if they killed this one- but they didn't kill net share, right? So maybe this one will slip through as well.
Was just wondering if they ever actually used this feature on an app before.
It wouldn't shock me if they killed this one- but they didn't kill net share, right? So maybe this one will slip through as well.
Was just wondering if they ever actually used this feature on an app before.
You're welcome
1) In Windows 7, go to Control Panel and open Network and Sharing Center
2) Select "Manage wireless networks"
3) Click "Add" and select "Create an ad hoc network"
4) Enter in a Network name (make up one), choose your "Security type" (No authentication (Open) if you don't want to bother with a password, or WEP if you want to specify a password)
5) Connect the iPhone to the Ad Hoc network you created, assign it a static IP of 13.37.13.37 and Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0
6) In Windows 7, go back to "Network and Sharing Center" and click on the active Ad Hoc connection to bring up the Wireless Network Connection Status window
7) Click on "Properties", highlight "Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)" and then click "Properties"
8) Select the "Alternate Configuration" tab and enter in an IP address of 13.37.13.38, Subnet Mask of 255.255.255.0 and click OK. The address 13.37.13.37 should now be pingable from a command prompt.
9) Open Firefox and goto "Tools" and then "Options"
10) Select "Advanced" then "Network" and click on "Settings"
11) Select "Manual proxy configuration" and enter in, SOCKS Host: 13.37.13.37, SOCKS Port: 1337, select SOCKS v4 and click OK
12) In Firefox, type "about:config" in the address bar and click past the warning prompt
13) IMPORTANT STEP!!! Scroll down to "network.proxy.socks_remote_dns" and change this value to TRUE
14) Close Firefox
15) Open HandyLight on your iPhone and do the BRY top right corner sequence
16) Open Firefox again and you should now be able to browse
Why does this work ok in OS X without much effort and not in Windows 7 you ask? It seems that OS X will automatically forward DNS lookup queries through the SOCKS proxy. Windows doesn't work like this, at least not when using the proxy settings and you specify in IE. It seems someone else a couple posts before this got Safari to work under Windows 7, so I'm guessing Safari will automatically forward DNS lookups through the SOCKS proxy. Firefox has this capability too, but you need to mess with the about:config to turn it on. No clue how to enable this to work with IE, and Chrome is pretty much screwed as a result since it uses the proxy settings you specify in IE. I'm sure someone can figure it out to get all browsers to work.
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Ty sir!