iphone tethering

bellew87

i know this is probably a stupid question and explained here somewhere already but can someone explain to me what iphone tethering is ??

Johnmb

bellew87 wrote: »

i know this is probably a stupid question and explained here somewhere already but can someone explain to me what iphone tethering is ??

Using the iPhone as a way to connect your computer to the internet.

ZENER

Basically your phone becomes a wifi hotspot connected to the 'net. To your computer or other wireless device it's just like connecting to a wireless network with a router connected to the internet. Very very useful if your data plan/contract/provider allows it.

More info here.

Ken

billy few mates

Very very useful if your data plan/contract/provider allows it.

Extremely useful indeed but not much use to you if your phone contract is with Vodafone because they are the only Irish service provider that charge a premium for for this facility....:mad:

With every other operator 'data is data', so you are permitted to tether your iphone to the internet and the data comes out of the inclusive data allowance that comes with your phone contract, not so with Vodafone...!
They are of the misguided opinion that if you access your data allowance by tethering as opposed to directly on your hand held mobile, that same data somehow mysteriously becomes (quote) "a different type of data" and therefore liable for an additional premium or charge (call it a 'smart phone levy' if you like).

Tethering is indeed an extremely useful function but if you want to get the most out of your iphone (or any smart phone) just make sure you're not on a Vodafone contract....

Its an ongoing discussion in one of the biggest threads on the board here...
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056199191
and some of the excuses from Vodafone for their policy on this matter really are beyond belief...!

Or summed up here....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coV1UmISSjk

Ditch your Vodafone contract and get the most from your smartphone....

Thedogsgone

Thanks for that, I just got an ipad with wifi only on it and was going to use the tethering thing on the phone for web access on a little trip this weekend. You may have saved me a fortune.

I wasnt aware of this ridiculous vodafone policy and given that they are limiting the data allowance to 500g when my contract runs out shortly they can fcuk right off (my good lady will be leaving them as well).

Surely when they're initial batch of iphone contracts run out most people will be getting away from them as fast as they can.

The question is which network do I go to?

Johnmb

Thedogsgone wrote: »

Thanks for that, I just got an ipad with wifi only on it and was going to use the tethering thing on the phone for web access on a little trip this weekend. You may have saved me a fortune.

I wasnt aware of this ridiculous vodafone policy and given that they are limiting the data allowance to 500g when my contract runs out shortly they can fcuk right off (my good lady will be leaving them as well).

Surely when they're initial batch of iphone contracts run out most people will be getting away from them as fast as they can.

The question is which network do I go to?

imho 3 Ireland are the best service, but it seems to depend on where you spend most of your time, because there is a huge thread about people having problems with them. For my part, most of my time is spent in Dublin, on the south side. The vast majority of that time is spent around Dublin 24, 12, 6, 6W, 4, and 2, and I've always had a great 3G connection in those areas. I'm sure the other carriers have also got great coverage in those areas, but if coverage is the same then 3 (and maybe Meteor) leave the others way behind in terms of value for a data package (although their iPhone specific packages are not as good as their normal data packages from what I remember about them).

bellew87

billy few mates wrote: »

Very very useful if your data plan/contract/provider allows it.

Extremely useful indeed but not much use to you if your phone contract is with Vodafone because they are the only Irish service provider that charge a premium for for this facility....:mad:

With every other operator 'data is data', so you are permitted to tether your iphone to the internet and the data comes out of the inclusive data allowance that comes with your phone contract, not so with Vodafone...!
They are of the misguided opinion that if you access your data allowance by tethering as opposed to directly on your hand held mobile, that same data somehow mysteriously becomes (quote) "a different type of data" and therefore liable for an additional premium or charge (call it a 'smart phone levy' if you like).

Tethering is indeed an extremely useful function but if you want to get the most out of your iphone (or any smart phone) just make sure you're not on a Vodafone contract....

Its an ongoing discussion in one of the biggest threads on the board here...
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056199191
and some of the excuses from Vodafone for their policy on this matter really are beyond belief...!

Or summed up here....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coV1UmISSjk

Ditch your Vodafone contract and get the most from your smartphone....

I am with vodafone but only on pay as you go with an iPhone 4 but I'm in the process of getting it unlocked as their data allowances are terrible who would you suggest I switch to my sights are set on 3

Jakmeehan

billy few mates wrote: »

Extremely useful indeed but not much use to you if your phone contract is with Vodafone because they are the only Irish service provider that charge a premium for for this facility....:mad:

With every other operator 'data is data', so you are permitted to tether your iphone to the internet and the data comes out of the inclusive data allowance that comes with your phone contract, not so with Vodafone...!
They are of the misguided opinion that if you access your data allowance by tethering as opposed to directly on your hand held mobile, that same data somehow mysteriously becomes (quote) "a different type of data" and therefore liable for an additional premium or charge (call it a 'smart phone levy' if you like).

Tethering is indeed an extremely useful function but if you want to get the most out of your iphone (or any smart phone) just make sure you're not on a Vodafone contract....

Its an ongoing discussion in one of the biggest threads on the board here...
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056199191
and some of the excuses from Vodafone for their policy on this matter really are beyond belief...!

Or summed up here....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coV1UmISSjk

Ditch your Vodafone contract and get the most from your smartphone....

All of that is true. Unless... You beat them at their own game and change the tethering APN in the carrier bundle to the regular Live! APN


Free tethering. You're welcome.

TheZohanS

billy few mates wrote: »

Extremely useful indeed but not much use to you if your phone contract is with Vodafone because they are the only Irish service provider that charge a premium for for this facility....:mad:

If you're PAYG with o2 you can't tether your phone (officially) either.

Tea 1000

You're charged for tethering with O2 since last year sometime too, bill pay. There is a way if you're with Vodafone to tether using your inclusive bundle.

dodzy

Jakmeehan wrote: »

All of that is true. Unless... You beat them at their own game and change the tethering APN in the carrier bundle to the regular Live! APN
Free tethering. You're welcome.

Not with an iPhone, though.

Tea 1000 wrote: »

There is a way if you're with Vodafone to tether using your inclusive bundle.

as above, if it's an iPhone, the only way is to JB and involve a 3rd party software (MiWi)*

*excellent tool BTW

billy few mates

Dodzy, is there any chance you could post a 'walk through' on how to set that up....?

The Big Gig

Go to http://jailbreak-me.info to see if your phone is jailbreakable. If so then go to iclarified.com to get instructions on how to jailbreak. Then install miwi from cydia. You can do a free 3 day trial and then it cost $9.99 for a license which you can pay for by paypal

billy few mates

Thanks, I've already jail broken my phone, I'll go onto Cydia and look for the App...

billy few mates

I've just searched on Cydia and I can't find MiWi....?

The Big Gig

Sorry it's mywi. It's actually on the home screen on cydia

killbillvol2

billy few mates wrote: »

Extremely useful indeed but not much use to you if your phone contract is with Vodafone because they are the only Irish service provider that charge a premium for for this facility....:mad:

With every other operator 'data is data', so you are permitted to tether your iphone to the internet and the data comes out of the inclusive data allowance that comes with your phone contract, not so with Vodafone...!
They are of the misguided opinion that if you access your data allowance by tethering as opposed to directly on your hand held mobile, that same data somehow mysteriously becomes (quote) "a different type of data" and therefore liable for an additional premium or charge (call it a 'smart phone levy' if you like).

Tethering is indeed an extremely useful function but if you want to get the most out of your iphone (or any smart phone) just make sure you're not on a Vodafone contract....

Its an ongoing discussion in one of the biggest threads on the board here...
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056199191
and some of the excuses from Vodafone for their policy on this matter really are beyond belief...!

Or summed up here....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coV1UmISSjk

Ditch your Vodafone contract and get the most from your smartphone....

You've been told before that this only applies to iphones and not to other smartphones. It applies to iphones (and not only on VF) because Apple allows rhem to do it.

Jakmeehan

dodzy wrote: »

Jakmeehan wrote: »

All of that is true. Unless... You beat them at their own game and change the tethering APN in the carrier bundle to the regular Live! APN
Free tethering. You're welcome.

Not with an iPhone, though.

Yes, with an iPhone. I have it set up so I can tether using native tethering on vodafone with no extra charge.

@billyfewmates

Don't waste your money on mywi*, if you're interested in doing it my way for free pm me.

*unless, of course, you have a jailbroken iPad wifi. Then definitely get mywi on demand!

dodzy

Jakmeehan wrote: »

Yes, with an iPhone. I have it set up so I can tether using native tethering on vodafone with no extra charge

Hey jack, did you use this to alter the APN? http://www.unlockit.co.nz/

Jakmeehan

dodzy wrote: »

Hey jack, did you use this to alter the APN? http://www.unlockit.co.nz/

No, I don't see how that could work on iOS4 tho since every carrier bundle must be signed by apple. If a bundle is not signed it is ignored and the Unknown.bundle is used instead. The only way around this (or so I thought?) is to patch the CommCenter to bypass the signature check.