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Flashlight App Sneaks Tethering Into App Store [Pulled]

powerbooks said:
When I checked the pictures you posted on page 26, and I noticed that your iphone is still on 3G cellular network. If the ad hoc works, you should see wi-fi sign on your iphone, and the special (don't know the name) sign on your Mac instead of wifi waves. Maybe something wrong when you tried to set the ad hoc?

Try delete whatever you made, restart both mac and iphone, and start all over.
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I just tried deleted absolutely everything and starting from scratch for the third time. Nothing. I see the little "special sign" on the mac but 3G remains on the phone. The guy had the 3G sign on his phone when he got it working in the video so I dunno. Thanks for the suggestion though

ctakim said:
I had the same problem you have but I tried this. Go to the Network Preferences page, then to TCP/IP and set Configure IPv6 to off. Make sure the subnet mask is manually set and matches that on the iPhone (mine is 255.255.0.0) and the IPv4 address is manually set to 13.37.13.38.

This worked for me. I'm posting this via tethering.:)
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This got me excited because when I came out of the advanced settings screen in network preferences, airport showed a green light and said it was connected (as opposed to the orange light and self-assigned IP). False hope however as when I went to open Safari it still didn't work.

I'm really not understanding what's going on and will take whatever help you all can offer. Thanks.
 
rjohnstone said:
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Nothing??? Keep up dude.
You can tether on AT&T legitimately. It was enabled with 4.0
You have to pay an additional fee, but it works just fine.
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They charge extra for tethering?! What a scam. You're already paying for data traffic and you have a GB cap, what business is it of AT&T's whether it's an iPhone with or without a computer tethered to it? If TeliaSonera tried anything like that they'd be leaving town in tar and feathers... AT&T might as well charge extra for the oxygen you consume while making phone calls.
 
Ok Confirmed. I deleted my app from my iphone accidentally this morning. Since I had a backup on my iTunes I was successfully able to reinstall it. I just made sure that the internet was turned off.
 
Does this tethering hack work only for computers or would it work on an ipad since you would have to make changes to your wifi settings?
 
Anuba said:
They charge extra for tethering?! What a scam. You're already paying for data traffic and you have a GB cap, what business is it of AT&T's whether it's an iPhone with or without a computer tethered to it? If TeliaSonera tried anything like that they'd be leaving town in tar and feathers... AT&T might as well charge extra for the oxygen you consume while making phone calls.
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AT&T has a lock on the iPhone, so they can charge what ever extra fees they want.

Capitalism at its finest. ;)
 
Holy cow this thread grows and grows.


When I set a different "location" with the tethered settings, is it as easy and going back to my home location, or do I need to reset the proxies?

Can I dump the app onto a thumb drive and give it to my brother in law? Anything special that needs to be done to it for him to make it work?
 
rjohnstone said:
Capitalism at its finest. ;)
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Lack of competition at its worst. ;)

AT&T wouldn't be so cocky if there were half a dozen more iPhone carriers. One carrier with a monopoly on iPhones (locked iPhones, no less) doesn't sound like capitalism to me, sounds more like Sovietski Telekomski. :D
 
The DRis said:
Holy cow this thread grows and grows.


When I set a different "location" with the tethered settings, is it as easy and going back to my home location, or do I need to reset the proxies?

Can I dump the app onto a thumb drive and give it to my brother in law? Anything special that needs to be done to it for him to make it work?
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Set your location back to Automatic or whatever you had before.

You need to give him your iTunes password. Other than that, no.
 
Rather than asking 101 questions, is there a guide/vid to follow anywhere please?

Thanks
 
The DRis said:
Can I dump the app onto a thumb drive and give it to my brother in law? Anything special that needs to be done to it for him to make it work?
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outphase said:
You need to give him your iTunes password. Other than that, no.
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You need to give him your iTunes password, and his iphone will then be connected to your account from then on (as long as he wants the app to work). Any apps he's purchased will be gone; any songs or videos he's purchased won't be able to be played, either.
 
mattwolfmatt said:
You need to give him your iTunes password, and his iphone will then be connected to your account from then on (as long as he wants the app to work). Any apps he's purchased will be gone; any songs or videos he's purchased won't be able to be played, either.
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That is false. I have 2 iTunes accounts with different apps on my iPhone right now. One does not preclude the other from existing. Each account works on up to 5 computers and any number of devices those are synced to. Whatever you must have done to wipe out your purchases is a case of user-error, not because iTunes locks you out.
 
Gone somehow...

I downloaded the app earlier today and saw it on the main screen. Later this evening I did an update from the app store of all apps with an update. Now I can't seem to find it on my phone at all.

Did the app update somehow remove it????

I did not remove it myself. Unfortunately, I'm traveling so I did not have the chance to back it up to my computer.
 
Scott6666 said:
I downloaded the app earlier today and saw it on the main screen. Later this evening I did an update from the app store of all apps with an update. Now I can't seem to find it on my phone at all.

Did the app update somehow remove it????

I did not remove it myself. Unfortunately, I'm traveling so I did not have the chance to back it up to my computer.
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It got pulled last night... how could you have downloaded it today?

Did u even bother looking at the apps you were updating?
 
Scott6666 said:
I downloaded the app earlier today and saw it on the main screen. Later this evening I did an update from the app store of all apps with an update. Now I can't seem to find it on my phone at all.

Did the app update somehow remove it????

I did not remove it myself. Unfortunately, I'm traveling so I did not have the chance to back it up to my computer.
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Looked at my possible updates and the Handy Light is not one of them.
 
Full of Win said:
Funny, after buying this app, I feel in no way cheated. Why not worry about your own purchases and let me worry about mine?
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My whole premise is that I would not be surprised if this gets shut down remotely due to the circumstances it was submitted. The very mentioning of this possibility seems to get some of you, including you, quite riled up lol
 
dukebound85 said:
My whole premise is that I would not be surprised if this gets shut down remotely due to the circumstances it was submitted. The very mentioning of this possibility seems to get some of you, including you, quite riled up lol
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This keeps being said, and it is continually reminded that the NetShare app still functions for those who purchased it. And that was 2 years ago....
 
umm i have iphone 4 and macbook pro.

Do i have manually enter the 13.37.13.37 and 255.255.255.0 every time on the iphone? Can i save it?
For my Mac, can I save the Create Network settings? I am lazy to change unselect the Socks Proxy every time going back to my regular internet.

Please Advice...
 
The DRis said:
This keeps being said, and it is continually reminded that the NetShare app still functions for those who purchased it. And that was 2 years ago....
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Netshare did not misrepresent itself in what it did and iirc, was not in violation of the sdk/TOS at the time but led to Apple quickly modifying it to prohibit such apps

The circumstances are entirely different

With that said, kudos to those that have it. I just would not be surprised if it does get the plug pulled
 
"We give our users what they want"

"We give our users what they want"

That is what Steve said, but it is actually not true.

Apparently, this app is what users want. Ok, the developer did not tell the truth about what the app does, but it would have never been allowed if he did tell.

Also, having a SIM lock and being stuck with AT?T is not what users want.

Of course, you can spin it and now allow T-Mobile, but what about true SIM Lock free phones?

Just my 10 cents to the discussion.

kuck
 
Took a little bit of tinkering for me. The 255.255.255.0 didn't work. I had to use 255.255.0.0. Speed is really good at home.



I will second what someone else said. When it is hooked up via USB to save battery life, you can sleep it and it still works.

AWESOME!!
 
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