iTether App Offers Internet Tethering On Your iPhone for One Time Fee

[ABernardoJr]

To you it might be just a "piece of crap", but for me, I'll take the affordable, "crappy" phone any day that can still easily do 80-90% of what your $1000 (average actual price with contract that you end-up paying for the the life of your iPhone's straight-jacket contract) can do performance and apps wise. And in reality, I can do so much more than you as far as actually controlling my hardware and my OS (down to the kernel level), and have alot more left in my wallet for the bigger tech things that do more than just suck my attention span every two seconds and contribute to just increasing my thankfully not yet very well developed ADD.

And at least my "crappy" $120 (27.50 a month) little Android does the actual basic phone and unlimited data featured functions flawlessly - even better than many of the sorry, and $$$ soaked inmates now contractually tethered to AT$T's "you still can't hear me now" dropped calls and data jams on their fancy, pansy $1000+++ iOS's "pretty in your red inked" GUI.....

You described the "$1000+++ iOS's" as being "fancy, pansy"... So the most refined OS is now a bad thing just because you don't have it?

It's one thing to defend your purchase but there's really no need to get so defensive to the point of being offensive about it. As a matter of fact, your irate overreaction suggests an insecurity with your purchase and your apparent jealousy of the owners of the "pansy iOS" that you make a (weak) attempt at mocking.

If you really felt that you were okay with your purchase, you wouldn't find it necessary to attack others that doubt it. But you clearly do find it necessary to defend yourself like there's no tomorrow. There's no shame in using a different phone at all, but there's shame in reacting the way you did.

 

[NotTellinYou]

To you it might be just a "piece of crap", but for me, I'll take my highly affordable, "crappy" Android phone that I completely own and control any day, one that can also still easily do 80-90% of what your $1000 (average actual price with contract that you end-up paying for the the life of your iPhone's straight-jacket contract) can do performance and feature-wise. And in reality, I can do so much more than you as far as actually controlling my hardware and my OS (down to the kernel level), and have alot more left in my wallet for the bigger tech things that do more than just suck my attention span every two seconds and contribute to just increasing my thankfully not as of yet - very well developed socially impaired sense of suffering from a terminal case of cell-phone induced ADD.

And at least my "crappy" $120 (27.50 a month) little Android does the actual basic phone and unlimited data featured functions flawlessly - even better than many of the sorry, and $$$ soaked inmates now contractually tethered to AT$T's "you still can't hear me now" dropped calls and data jams on their oh so uber pricy, fancy-pansy $1000+++ iOS's "pretty in your red inked" GUI.....

Dude, you have issues. Anyone that feels the need to post to or troll forums that they have ZERO skin in to make some point, that no one cares about, maybe to make themselves feel better, is in serious need of professional help and I hope you get it. Please seek help.

 

[jbrown]

Just to post up that I have downloaded and installed it here in the UK - both onto the phone and onto my mac. Easy install and all is working seamlessly... Fingers crossed Apple or the carriers don't clobber it

 

[macdude2012]

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Im not understanding, whats the difference between itether and mywi, seems that mywi would b a better choice since u can use it over bluetooth, theres still the chance of att detecting us using any tether app, bcareful att has already warned us!!!

 

[astral125]

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Im not understanding, whats the difference between itether and mywi, seems that mywi would b a better choice since u can use it over bluetooth, theres still the chance of att detecting us using any tether app, bcareful att has already warned us!!!

The difference is you don't have to jailbreak to use iTether.

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I just realized that you can somewhat get around the limitation of not being able to text and such while maintaining your connection by using Siri which doesn't cause the app to quit.

 

[patjem]

Looking for the Mac software?

I've added the software to my posterous blog at http://patjem.nl/tether-iphonedmg-app so you can download the Mac app needed. Unfort. it crashed all the time at my macbook air with Lion installed. Any other people have the same issue?

 

[mingoglia]

I just got mine set up and going (now that their server is back up). I spent 5 mins confused as to why my IP hadn't changed from my home network yet I saw packets going through the itether. I then realized it was going through the tether, but my iPhone was connected to my access point. Duh! Turned off my wireless on the iPhone and voila. On it right now and it works perfect. Did a speed test and got almost 7 down and about 1.5mb up.

 

[useme2305]

i don't get it. why are people all over this? can't the iPhone do this all by it self?
well, mine can...and since iOS 5.0 i can even choose between bluetooth, wifi and usb. before that it could only do usb and bluetooth tethering.

someone please tell me what i missed.

 

[astral125]

i don't get it. why are people all over this? can't the iPhone do this all by it self?
well, mine can...and since iOS 5.0 i can even choose between bluetooth, wifi and usb. before that it could only do usb and bluetooth tethering.

someone please tell me what i missed.

In the US people have to pay for a tethering plan. This allows us to skip the expensive tethering option.

 

[WillEH]

When it asks me to install the program for the mac, and gets to the destination installation, I can't choose anywhere to install it as nothing shows up, then it crashes! Any ideas?

 

[stevielee]

You described the "$1000+++ iOS's" as being "fancy, pansy"... So the most refined OS is now a bad thing just because you don't have it?

I don't "have it" (iOS) simply because I really don't like it as a mobile OS, not because I can't have it as my preferred mobile OS. I'm a Mac Tech who's had extensive experience and opportunity to work with the platform, and it's just not my cup of tea. I got the chance to use and try out one of the first iPhones with an early iOS in prototype and I wasn't really impressed with it then, and I'm still not impressed now. I've always required alot more control over my tech devices (big or small) than the iPhone with it's iOS allows.

[/QUOTE] "It's one thing to defend your purchase but there's really no need to get so defensive to the point of being offensive about it. As a matter of fact, your irate overreaction suggests an insecurity with your purchase and your apparent jealousy of the owners of the "pansy iOS" that you make a (weak) attempt at mocking." [/QUOTE]

Seems that you are the one who's "over-reacting" to my perceived "overreaction", to to your
own personal "insecurities" -- badly misreading my obviously misspelled quote (which I have corrected in Edit) - that should have read Fancy Pancy with a C and not an S: as in being overly fussy and stylized and does NOT have anything to do at all with being "weak". But you would be quite correctly in attributing to me as "mocking" (playfully) iPhone/iOS users who I honestly feel, and say here , have grossly over-paid for a device that's so tightly zipped-up and locked down, and that something as simple and pervasive as basic wireless tethering (something we've been able to do in Android for quite awhile now) is still such a revolutionary thingy for the iOS crowd - albeit with a Apple proprietary USB cable firmly attached to make it so...

[/QUOTE] If you really felt that you were okay with your purchase, you wouldn't find it necessary to attack others that doubt it. But you clearly do find it necessary to defend yourself like there's no tomorrow. There's no shame in using a different phone at all, but there's shame in reacting the way you did. [/QUOTE]

Again, you are the one who's "overreacting with silly, misapplied terms such as: "attack", and "offensive". Is this really such a thin-skinned, Apple fans ONLY forum after all?

Lighten-up!. It's just my personal opinions, and you are very much encouraged to have and express yours....
No need to get all defensive and iOS on me.....

 

[useme2305]

In the US people have to pay for a tethering plan. This allows us to skip the expensive tethering option.

thanks for clearing that up.

so iphones in the US are different from european ones as in they have a locking mechanism for tethering of all kinds that can only be unlocked by paying your provider?

 

[kyjaotkb]

In the US people have to pay for a tethering plan. This allows us to skip the expensive tethering option.

How can one be sure that the carrier won't identify in and outbound traffic from iTether as tethering ? Has it something to do with the user agent ID it uses ?

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thanks for clearing that up.

so iphones in the US are different from european ones as in they have a locking mechanism for tethering of all kinds that can only be unlocked by paying your provider?

the personal hotspot has to be explicitly allowed by your carrier in your "carrier settings" configuration package.

 

[B3RG]

I just have to ask, dont you guys in US have the built in tehtering function
Dont get what this app is all about?

edit: I see that im not the first to ask about this.

 

[APlotdevice]

I just have to ask, dont you guys in US have the built in tehtering function
Dont get what this app is all about?

Again yes... but the carriers charge extra for that service. A fact which made some sense when they were offering "unlimited" data, but now they're just gouging consumers.

 

[useme2305]

people in the US should phukin' sue the providers who do this. isn't it against the constitution or something? people should be able to do whatever they want with their data plan if they have the technical mean provided by apple (or others).

it doesn't seem righteous.

 

[B3RG]

So even if you should have 2GB included, you have to pay extra to use it? Im glad the prices in Norway, are dropping, almost by each month. for example now I have an unlimited use for three months for under 34$ everything from making a call, to data.

 

[foiden]

people in the US should phukin' sue the providers who do this. isn't it against the constitution or something? people should be able to do whatever they want with their data plan if they have the technical mean provided by apple (or others).

it doesn't seem righteous.

The Constitution doesn't cover that kind of stuff. They still get by on Capitalistic opportunity with this one. Even though you'd still be using under the limitations of the bandwidth they give you, apparently they want to charge more for your use of it. Of course, people are not happy with that setup, and companies did realize they were treading some legal issues with this. So they quickly changed it to make sure if you buy tethering, they at least give you some more data use with the purchase. Anything to avoid a lawsuit (and you can tell by how absolutely lame some of the extra memory options are for the money). So they did their homework. It still sucks, but service companies are all about *offer as little as you can get away with* and *find the cheapest and most profitable way to avoid lawsuits of poor customer service*. Their business model is more like Insurance companies and not that of traditional good business. They treat it like you "have" to have their service to survive, and that they have you by the balls. They aren't there to offer you better service than the opposition except for 1 case. You know the company is desperate for customers or is in trouble, if they really do cut you a great deal over the others. But once they're in the black again, they'll just become exactly like the others. What they want is to basically screw the customer in the same way they did when they were just phone companies, where they would just keep jacking up prices for the same service you always had regardless of better technology and methods to drop costs on their end. They just haven't gotten that bad yet.

 

[javaGuru]

I just purchased iTether and set up the Mac client and it works perfectly. The developers of this iOS app stated on twitter that they fully explained to Apple their intentions and the app was approved anyways. Hopefully it won't get pulled. I'm currently typing this update via iTether. Works great!

 

[Deslock]

This story and thread is very funny and intertaining to follow as a longtime Android user who's been able to wireless tether my crappy little overclocked $120 LG Optimus V smartphone that's been rooted and custom rom'ed with Gingerbread bumblebee 2.2.3.

I've never once had to pay a single extra dime to tether - being that my cheap but highly useful Android phones data plan is unlimited via Virgin Mobile. I pay 27.50 a month for my currently unlimited 3g data plan that allows me 300 anytime minutes (which I really never fully use each month since I mostly email and text). My totally contract-free, pay-as-you-go Android phone can easily operate at speeds that at leaat approach the performance of the older iPhone 3G, and even approach a 4G when I overclocked the phone's CPU up to nearly 60% more performance than it originally came stock with. I also has the neat little ability to quickly and easily side-load all of my phones potential content - bypassing any official iTunes/Android Market gauntlet, so that I can directly install my apps, music, movies, or whatever other content I choose via the phones memory expanding 32GB micro SD card. I also can swap out the battery anytime I need to for a freshly charged new one at will.

This last September while vacationing for several weeks in a remote seaside resort, I was able to exclusively use my LG Optimus V as my sole WiFi hotspot - providing enough bandwidth for myself and another friend visiting me for the last week of my visit. We were both quite comfortably able to surf the web, take care of our email and textinfg needs, and also be able to do even some light downloading --- and uploading to my dropbox, as well as stream smaller, non-HD videos (like youtube) on our MacBook Pro's without so much as a data hick-up, stall, or glitch. It was so impressive, that my die-hard iPhone iOS friend is now looking into getting an Android smartphone of his very own so that he can finally be completely free to use and abuse his new phone's wireless and data capabilities to their fullest - without any special tricks, or gimmicks, or extra phone-to-usb cables, or experiencing any fears of having any big bag AT&T TeleMonster looking over his shoulder and threatening him with having to fork over extra $$$$ for more of these price-gouging BS data charges.

There is now even an iPhone refugee forum @ VM that has countless other formerly self-imprisoned and price-gouged iOS/iPhone consumers that just can't believe how much more open and customizable they can get on a non iOS platform - being finally able to do the simplest of mobile tech things like: wirelessly tethering their Android phone to most any other WiFi and/or bluetooth capable device - even with most of Apple's WiFi capable devices such as any Macbook pro. I regularly wirelessly tether my WiFi only Motorola Xoom tablet to my LG Phone - instantly converting it to a 3g Tablet wherever I can pick-up a signal (which is almost always nearly 5 bars most anywhere I have traveled within the continental US).

It's pretty incomprehensible to me that there are still millions of folks out there willing to pay Apple/AT$T/Verizon an average of nearly $100 a month for so little control over their own, privately owned devices.

Let WiFi Tethering Freedom Ring for ALL!

The anti-iOS portion of your rant is misplaced since monthly data costs are due to carriers and not Apple. It's also noteworthy that Steve Jobs hated the carriers and initially considered setting up a nation-wide wifi network so iPhone users wouldn't have to deal with them.

I prefer VirginMobile's pricing model, and it's too bad it doesn't sell any high-end phones and doesn't offer decent coverage in my area. I'd happily shell out $500 for something better than your LG Optimus V (480x320 3.2" screen) or the horribly sluggish $300 Motorola Triumph (iOS runs well with 512MB RAM, but >= 800x480 Android devices not-so-much).

BTW, I'm switching to Android, not out of dissatisfaction with iOS, but out of technolust for LTE and a 4.65" 1280x720 screen in a 5.3 ounce device (4.7 ounces without LTE).

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I've jailbroken and already have NetShare, and I'm switching to Android with the Google Nexus, so I have no use for iTether.

But I still picked it up for my wife (since NetShare is a little cumbersome for non-techies to use). I used iTunes GCs (that were discounted) so for a $11 one-time cost, the next time power goes out she'll still have easy-to-setup Internet without relying on me.

 

[Akarin]

Not being in the US and having an unlimited data plan, I will continue to use the Personal Hotspot feature built-in iOS. Right, we don't get iTunes Match in Switzerland but we can tether :-D

 

[foiden]

I think iTether is probably going to hold because it doesn't completely match the features of the Wifi Tethering service since it is USB only. That means only 1 device using the web and not multiple devices connected through the same phone. It's still super useful, but I guess it's fine because it doesn't offer the solution for those wanting to tether to wireless devices that aren't getting data through USB. Now if they had released tablet and iPod Touch software to work with this through a camera connection kit or something, then I'd figure the carriers would swoop down and ask for it to be pulled due to the possibility of it getting in the way of their shady business tactics.

 

[bradleyhall]

Tether.com Working

I purchased the app and downloaded it to my iPhone 4 running 5.0.1 and downloaded the Tether.com software and installed it on a MacBook Pro running OS X 10.7.2. I ran the installer and fired up the app on my iPhone. It didn't connect properly the first time so I shut down both and then launched the app on my iPhone again and then launched the app on my MacBook. This time it connected and worked. The only catch is you have to leave the Tether.com App open and running on the iPhone for it to work. It stops working as soon as you exit the app even if it is running the background.

Hopefully they will push some updates to the app to allow for it to run in the background and add bluetooth or wifi/ad-hoc so you don't have to have your iPhone physically connected to your computer.

 

[Tomka]

Question...am i stupid?

Guys i thought that its been here for a while thetering on iphone? At least i have it originaly from apple and i dont need any apps. Can somebody explain me the difference. (sorry for bad english)

 

[Obioban]

I don't "have it" (iOS) simply because I really don't like it as a mobile OS, not because I can't have it as my preferred mobile OS. I'm a Mac Tech who's had extensive experience and opportunity to work with the platform, and it's just not my cup of tea. I got the chance to use and try out one of the first iPhones with an early iOS in prototype and I wasn't really impressed with it then, and I'm still not impressed now. I've always required alot more control over my tech devices (big or small) than the iPhone with it's iOS allows.

No you're not. I'm sorry, but that's just a lie.