Why pay for PDAnet when you can do it for free. I used this method and it worked perfectly. USB tethering with an SSH tunnel.
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/630227/
Because people pay for simplification?
Why pay for PDAnet when you can do it for free. I used this method and it worked perfectly. USB tethering with an SSH tunnel.
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/630227/
Oh excuse me, I thought my unlimited data plan actually meant what it sounded like it was supposed to mean...
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Prohibited and Permissible Uses: Data Service sessions may be conducted only for the following purposes: (i) Internet browsing; (ii) email; and (iii) corporate intranet access (including access to corporate email, customer relationship management, sales force automation, and field service automation applications). PROHIBITED USES INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, USING SERVICES: (I) WITH SERVER DEVICES OR WITH HOST COMPUTER APPLICATIONS, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, WEB CAMERA POSTS OR BROADCASTS, CONTINUOUS JPEG FILE TRANSFERS, AUTOMATIC DATA FEEDS, TELEMETRY APPLICATIONS, PEER-TO-PEER (P2P) FILE SHARING, AUTOMATED FUNCTIONS OR ANY OTHER MACHINE-TO-MACHINE APPLICATIONS; (II) AS SUBSTITUTE OR BACKUP FOR PRIVATE LINES OR DEDICATED DATA CONNECTIONS; (III) FOR VOICE OVER IP; (IV) IN CONJUNCTION WITH WWAN OR OTHER APPLICATIONS OR DEVICES WHICH AGGREGATE USAGE FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES PRIOR TO TRANSMISSION; (V) USING THE SERVICES FOR ANY ACTIVITY THAT ADVERSELY AFFECTS THE ABILITY OF OTHER PEOPLE OR SYSTEMS TO USE EITHER THE SERVICES OR OTHER PARTIES' INTERNET-BASED RESOURCES INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO EXCESSIVE CONSUMPTION OF NETWORK OR SYSTEM RESOURCES (WHETHER INTENTIONAL OR UNINTENTIONAL) AND "DENIAL OF SERVICE" (DOS) ATTACKS AGAINST ANOTHER NETWORK HOST OR INDIVIDUAL USER; OR (VI) INTERFERENCE WITH OR DISRUPTION OF OTHER NETWORK USERS, NETWORK SERVICES OR NETWORK EQUIPMENT. EXCEPT FOR CONTENT FORMATTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AT&T'S CONTENT STANDARDS, UNLIMITED PLANS CANNOT BE USED FOR UPLOADING, DOWNLOADING OR STREAMING OF VIDEO CONTENT (E.G. MOVIES, TV), MUSIC OR GAMES. FURTHERMORE, UNLIMITED PLANS (EXCEPT FOR DATACONNECT AND BLACKBERRY TETHERED) CANNOT BE USED FOR ANY APPLICATIONS THAT TETHER THE DEVICE (THROUGH USE OF, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, CONNECTION KITS, OTHER PHONE/PDA-TO-COMPUTER ACCESSORIES, BLUETOOTH® OR ANY OTHER WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY) TO LAPTOPS, PCS, OR OTHER EQUIPMENT FOR ANY PURPOSE.
Considering the very act of tethering the device violates your agreement for unlimited data might be the reason![]()
Considering the very act of tethering the device violates your agreement for unlimited data might be the reason
From AT&T's TOS
i read on pdanets website, the wifi adhoc tethering option has a bug where your phone will show charging, but in reality it is discharging. was this resolved when using usb to tether?
Yes, it's rather a bug with the iPhone. It cannot charge while using wifi and 3G at the same time. But using the USB makes it charge at the same time
Yes, it's rather a bug with the iPhone. It cannot charge while using wifi and 3G at the same time. But using the USB makes it charge at the same time
Known Issues:
Battery won't charge when using PdaNet - this has been identified as a firmware bug in the iPhone OS that seems to be triggered by ad-hoc Wifi usages such as OpenSSH or PdaNet. The battery indicator will still show a charging state even though battery is being discharged. It does not always happen and you can try to reboot the iPhone and see if the issue goes away. In our future builds we will see if there is a way to work around this issue, or hopefully it will be fixed in future OS updates.
http://www.junefabrics.com/iphone/faq.php
That's not true. There is/was a firmware bug that would show that your phone was charging though it was actually discharging. I don't know if they've completely fixed it, but my iPhone charges fine while using WiFi+3G and other people have reported the same thing.
finally upgraded to PDAnet 1.51 and used the USB tether, worked great!!!! A lot more friendly on the battery too
You sure? Because last I checked people were still having problems, since the overheating failsafe got triggered from the heat.
I've never heard of any sort of overheating failsafe. Do you have any citations?
I tether quite often since before version 1.40 and I've never really had any problems. Back then, sometimes it would discharge while I kept it connected but I solved that by replugging the cable when there was a "-" by the battery percentage. It doesn't happen anymore, though.
Considering the very act of tethering the device violates your agreement for unlimited data might be the reason
I personally don't care what you do with your plan but before you make statements like that be sure you read more in what you agree to when you sign up for a service.
From AT&T's TOS
This is the worst post I have seen on this forum. Nice work moran! Everyone welcome the AT&T data usage police to the forum!!
So, back to my question of a few posts ago, can we alter the settings on iPhone to change the NAI and hence make tethering invisible to AT& T and O2 back here in the UK?
The AT&T police wouldn't like it, but what the.......!
cjwj
A better question would be: Does Windows 7 work with PdaNet?