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Enable tethering on iPhone OS 3.0

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Mobile | by C.K. Sample III | Thu Jun 18, 2009 9:40AM | 0 comments

If you've always wanted to use your iPhone as a wireless modem for your laptop, you can now enable the feature, although it's unsupported by Apple, AT&T might not like it, and it may be illegal.

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external link How to enable iPhone OS 3.0 tethering on… [Waxy.org Links]

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  • jboetcher - @schumatt I love the droid, its like using a jailbroken iphone. The best part is free tethering :)
  • adihamo - iPhone Modem app offers quick, easy tethering for jailbroken iPhones – 475th Edition: http://bit.ly/6otc31
  • Lucky_A -  Enable Tethering on iPhone 3G 3GS 3.1.2 ... http://sigma.binarybrainz.com/sfttwitterfeeds/5pkj8 
  • nandokasteleijn - For the record, werk dus via m'n iPhone op mijn laptop met tethering = ideaal!
  • physboy - @WyattLeCadre Carrier intervention affects all platforms across the board, even iPhone: Sling, GV, 10MB limit, tethering etc..
  • evansims - Thank jebus for iPhone tethering.
  • thegirlgotsoul - @RunawayJimPVD: Can I be nosey and ask which software you used to jailbreak your iphone for tethering? And was it easy-ish to install/do?
  • speedyb - Speed test, down/up. @O2 Broadband : 0.43mb / 0.29mb. iPhone over 3G on @O2 : 0.71mb / 0.33mb. Tethering time?
  • alexgrist - iPhone PDAnet Tethering, draining my netbook battery pretty rapidly though, anyone got any tips on power saving? I'm using Aerofoil also
  • john_osborn - AT&T is trying to sell iPhone accessories ("for the season") to me via junk email. How about enabling fucking TETHERING, dammit?

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