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USB Tethering Seems to be Working in iPhone 3.0

Wednesday March 18, 2009 12:55 pm PDT by Arnold Kim

One developer was "hacking around" with some carrier bundle files and iPhone 3.0 and somehow managed to activate the tethering preferences. Not only that, he was also able to actually tether his iPhone 3G to his laptop over USB. Based on the preference panel, it appears that you will be able to tether via USB or Bluetooth.

Tethering is a feature that allows you to share your iPhone's internet connection with your laptop, but has not been an allowed feature up until iPhone 3.0. Even with iPhone 3.0, mobile carriers generally charge an extra fee in the U.S. to allow tethering access.

Apple admitted that they had built in tethering support into the 3.0 release but had not yet coordinated with mobile carriers.
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Small White Car
38 months ago
Well, it's proof that they were telling the truth.

I didn't doubt them, but I'm sure this will convince others who may have been more skeptical.

I'm still betting AT&T will charge another $30 for tethering on top of your normal data plan, so don't hold your breath on this being a popular "killer feature."
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TuffLuffJimmy
38 months ago
Awesome! I can't wait, netshare has been too buggy to be really useful.
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plumbingandtech
38 months ago
Yep. It's there.

And it will be a separate charge unless ATT and Apple change things compared to ATT's current data plan.


I'll be signing up on day 1 btw. Looking forward to it.
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P-Worm
38 months ago

finally


All this means is that the software is there. It doesn't mean that AT&T is going to allow it.

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AngryApple
38 months ago
How much does it usually cost to tether?
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arn
38 months ago

All this means is that the software is there. It doesn't mean that AT&T is going to allow it.

P-Worm


AT&T has tethering options for all other smartphones. I'm sure they'll be happy to take your money

Tethering cost: $30/month extra.

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plumbingandtech
38 months ago

How much does it usually cost to tether?


Appx. 30$ US for the dataplan unless I am mistaken, (this is what I saw for the blackberry at least)
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xsecretfiles
38 months ago
lol yup I am 100% this is not going to be free :)
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mac jones
38 months ago
This always made me nervous as the little kiddies hog the airwaves.

I just hope ATT can shut them down by charging for heavy use.

don't know.

But I remember a few years back this was a serious point of contention.

I don't use this feature often , just in emergencies.

So You wouldn't want the 911 lines to be busy when you need them right? :D
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mBox
38 months ago

Appx. 30$ US for the dataplan unless I am mistaken, (this is what I saw for the blackberry at least)

Rogers Canada has most of us on the 6GB plan which was an extra 30bucks a month. Ive never gone past 1GB ever! To get to 1GB I had leave last.FM on almost every day during work hours. I dont even have time to listen to that much music :P Do I welcome this...uh huh ;)
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