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

m3coolpix said:
Does this app also work for IMAP traffic (port 143, 993 for SSL, etc.)?

Working fine for Safari browsing, but can't send/receive email on my IMAP accounts (which is more of what I'd use it for).

Skimmed the other 8 pages of posts.....but may have missed it.
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Mine's working OK - IMAP on 993 and SMTP on 465. Carrier is O2 (UK).
 
Paying for tethering is one of the most ridiculous things ever. My network doesn't care if i tether or not. I know i have 1gb of cellular data a month and i can use it anyway i want. And that is how it should be.
 
Yeah. That's how it should be. Just about everybody wants it as they should be. Except the US carriers. They want free money.
 
Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 4_3_3 like Mac OS X; en) AppleWebKit/533.17.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0.2 Mobile/8J2 Safari/6533.18.5)

Anyone else think this was Apple intentionally giving mobile carriers the finger?
 
chaines said:
I just tried it with an iPad 2 with 3G and it works! I am on the Telus network in Canada though. Kinda lame that you need to be connected through USB - wifi hotspot would have been nice. I guess it is only the first version.
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Personally, I believe this is why it passes the app store regulations.

If I'm not mistaken, though, you may be able to share your connection through the wifi port of your laptop.. at least you can on a Mac.

Still installing, so I can't verify.
 
Westyfield2 said:
Mine's working OK - IMAP on 993 and SMTP on 465. Carrier is O2 (UK).
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Thanks! I was just troubleshooting this a bit.

Did a reboot of both my Mac and iPad as I was testing how I'd use it away from my home network, with never having an Ethernet connection (wired or wifi).

I guess hot swapping between the iTether app's USB connection and the Ethernet connection wasn't dynamically changing (routing tables) for Mail like it did for Safari...at least, so it seems, as it's now working.
 
Being that I only have an iPad now, if I buy this now will I get it on my iPhone should I ever get one in the future?
 
I’m surprised there has not been a class-action law suit for AT&T charging extra for tethering. The only justification for doing this is with unlimited data plans. It’s true that “unlimited” in ISP’s lingo does not really mean unlimited, and if you tether your computer (or the entire home network) to a phone, you suddenly start using a lot more data than you would be from you phone alone. However, if you are on a metered plan with AT&T, you should be able to use your monthly data quota any way you want. If you tether your entire network to the iPhone, you will likely exceed your monthly data quota, and AT&T can start charging you overage fees. But as long as you stay within you monthly data quota, it should not matter if you tether or not. Anyone interested in contacting an attorney for a class-action suit?
 
Does anyone know this?

jbarbuto said:
What is the actual cost? On the iTether website, it says that the cost of the software is $29.95 - is that the pc/mac software cost? So do we pay $14 for the iPhone app, and then another $29.95 for the mac software? Ugh. If that's what we have to do, I'm not sure I would have bought the app.
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Does anyone know if the pc/mac side software has a cost as well ($29.99 per iTether website)?:confused:
 
For UK customers, there is no need to waste £10.99 on this App. You can create a hotspot using your iPhone's native menus and be done with it.

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Confuzzzed said:
For UK customers, there is no need to waste £10.99 on this App. You can create a hotspot using your iPhone's native menus and be done with it.
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Certainly on vodafone
 
jbarbuto said:
Does anyone know if the pc/mac side software has a cost as well ($29.99 per iTether website)?:confused:
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The computer software if free. The $29.99 price is for the Blackberry and Android apps, which can be purchased through the www.tether.com web site. The iOS app can only be purchased through the Apple’s App Store, and it costs $14.99. The downside is that there is no return policy on the iOS app, and there’s no 30-day trial either.
 
ProwlingTiger said:
Anyone else think this was Apple intentionally giving mobile carriers the finger?
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Yeah, thought of that (specifically to AT&T)......since a wider range of carriers are in the mix offering the iPhone, this app may stand a chance of staying available. Time will tell.
 
I read up to page 9 of the comments, then got tired of no one else reading the comments, so I decided to stop reading the comments of those who didn't read the comments. Not sure if anyone saw this on the Facebook page, but look at the last comment by Ben Hecht.

Tether has confirmed that they will be most likely removing the home phoning.

 
stevielee said:
Good Point Taken...

However, the real reason Mr Jobs decided to get in bed with AT$T as the iPhone's first official carrier, is because AT$T was the only company that would agreed to "kick-back" to Apple Inc. one of the highest ever profit sharing slices of the total revenue collected by any phone carrier at that time. ... Steve claimed it had more to do with Verizon being on a different network, but the CEO of Verizon remembered it differently.
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once again you confuse a carrier's desire to control their profits (it is capitalism) with Apple's actions. And at the end of the day, who fricking cares? This is a discussion on iTether.


stevielee said:
For many that use and love Android, it is practically de rigueur to do so if one really wants to ever have full control over their device's hardware and software.

As one of my programmer clients succinctly compared the two competing system against each other: for him, and many others just like him (including myself): iOS is to checkers - as Android is to chess...
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Glad you like your android. Again who cares? what does it have to do with iTether? Your analogy is wrong. The assumption you make is the ability to hack a device is an indication of its sophistication...if so DOS is the most sophisticated OS ever. Nope, the ability to hack is just feeding your need for control. The better analogy is the Droid is the kit car of the phone world. The iPhone the BMW. I prefer to drive my car and not work on it but use it as a transportation device. Likewise I use my iPhone for communication. Works fine.

And now, with iTether, for the rare airport or other place that wants to charge me for wifi, I case use my iPhone and my macbook. Way cool.
 
sirozha said:
The downside is that there is no return policy on the iOS app, and there’s no 30-day trial either.
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if there is an issue with the app, then you can get a refund via iTunes.

I just downloaded it this morning and have it tethered to my MBA. Not as as nice as tether with bluetooth connection from cydia.

There is only one reason to JB my phone now, and that is to get internet to my iPAD. If they can come up with a bluetooth update for this app, I would have no reason to JB.
 
mikejfrd said:
So as asked above; will a pin to usb connector from an iphone to an ipad like in the below link work? I'm guessing no?

http://www.amazon.com/CableJive-iStubz-Charge-Cable-iPhone/dp/B002LTIXK2
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Moron. No, and that's computer to iDevice.

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ProwlingTiger said:
Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 4_3_3 like Mac OS X; en) AppleWebKit/533.17.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0.2 Mobile/8J2 Safari/6533.18.5)

Anyone else think this was Apple intentionally giving mobile carriers the finger?
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Nope, but it's obvious that none of you can read anything here either.
https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/13929912/
 
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DMG file

Can anyone upload the DMG file on another server for others to download? Tether's website is crazy right now and I can't even get into it. Thanks!
 
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Ok, didn't read every post (sorry), but this app tethers your iPhone's data capabilites to your Mac via USB and all you need to run a OSX/Windows app from them on your desktop?

This might be awesome.
 
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