How To Get IPhone Tethering App Without Jailbreak
Melva Simons
As mentioned, this particular application gives you the ability to tether your mobile data account on your Windows or macOS-based laptop via the creation of an ad-hoc wireless network for internet sharing.
Who is it useful for? Well, those of you who are on a carrier plan which charges extra for enabling or using Personal Hotspot tethering feature, this should come in handy as it will essentially allow those users with an ability to get tethering feature enabled on their iPhone for free without their carrier coming to know about it. It essentially does what TetherMe does but without needing jailbreak.
Now apparently, this particular app has been around for a while in one form or another but has recently been re-compiled into an accessible IPA form to bring it back to the attention of those with non-jailbroken devices, as well as iOS 11 compatibility.
If you are interested in this particular project and the functionality that it offers, then you can grab the latest compiled IPA file from here. That will give you the file you need to sideload the app onto your device.
I'm considering getting a Kindle, but am still doubting as to whether the 3G model is worth the extra expense. As I'm also considering getting an iPhone later: on the off chance that I'd ever want to buy a book without a WiFi hotspot nearby, wouldn't it be possible to share an iPhone's 3G connection with the Kindle through WiFi and hence buy a book and read it on the WiFi-only Kindle?
I have an iPhone 3G with MyWi 5 on it. I can confirm that other devices such as my laptop (Sony VAIO FWIW) connects well over the WiFi hotspot of the iPhone and can access the internet but that the Kindle WiFi 6" device I also have will not connect. It seems to detect that this is a 3G wifi device rather than a WiFi network and gives me an error message saying I am not allowed to connect to devices of this type.
I dont know if the iPhone 4 or iPhone 4s will enable you to connect (as they have built in WiFi hotspots in the operating system) but an iPhone 3G with MyWi 5 definitely wont. Not sure if Android devices will allow you to or not.
Tethering isn't allowed for the iPhone or iPad (at least not without jailbreaking it, I believe). At the same time, I have a wifi-only iPad, and I have yet to find myself in a situation where I was 1.) in a public wifi-less area and 2.) I just had to have a book for the Kindle app at that very moment. The chances are more "off" than "on", realistically, and a little planning gets obviates the scenario you describe. I feel the 3G is a bit of a boondoggle, at least for me.
ps - The mobile hotspot prices are insane, and both AT&T and Verizon have done nothing but raise prices as time goes on. But it's possible to do, and if you only need it for a short while you can cancel it when you are done. I would not spend the money on a 3G Kindle unless you wanted to get a Kindle 3 (aka "Kindle Keyboard") where the 3G can be used for more than just downloading books. The new Kindle 4s which have 3G do not let you web browse using 3G, only WiFi. (And if you have an iPhone, there's no way you would ever want to use the horrible Kindle browser anyway.)
Apple says the personal hotspot requires data roaming needs to be on (hidden at the bottom of one of their support pages instead of the first line). After enabling data roaming my kindle keyboard connected via personal hotspot to my iPhone 4S.
The mobile hotspot can be found in your iPhone's settings, with no jailbreak required. If your carrier does not allow you a mobile hotspot, then a jailbreak and installation of MyWi will be necessary.
I often have to boot into OS X mode and use Xcode and so on for some Phonegap iOS development but it would be much easier to just edit the Javascript files I'm working on in Ubuntu, if that were possible. I know it is at least possible to access the files in read only without jailbreaking, but that was on OS X with third party software.
That is the whole idea of jail breaking: the ability to edit files on the disc that are owned by root. Either you jailbreak the iPad and you can edit the files in /var directly or you can not.Unless you find out the root password ;)
3rd party software that replaces the software Apple put on the device and enhance the current features. These use the permissions and or directories that are already open on the device. This includes (but is not limited to) tethering (browsing over the iPad; basically this is telling the kernel to use a module), adding music or pictures, manage installed applications, synch addressbook/calendars/notes and bookmarks. These things can be added without having root access. They add files to userspace.
Software Apple does not want you to install on the device. These are for instance rootkits, ssh and/or telnet connections. These require you to jailbreak so you can become the root user of the device.
The partition where /var/ is located is most likely mounted as Read Only (heck you can even assume that the whole system is mounted Read Only and only the user partition is Read/Write). To change this you need to jailbreak: then you can umount the partition, remount it as read-write and change content to it. Any Apple product that is capable of writing to /var/ (if they even make this possible) is more than likely going to do something similar: remount the partition to read-write , write the files and remount read-only whilst making sure along the way it is done with untampered software Apple wrote.
Last year, the Federal Communications Commission told Verizon Wireless that it had to stop blocking applications that let cellular customers use their phones as mobile hotspots. Verizon could still require extra payments for tethering from customers with grandfathered unlimited data plans, but the FCC said that consumers with capped plans should be able to use their limited data however they like.
I did a little fist pump when I heard the news. I've had an unlimited data plan for years but knew I might give that up to get my next phone at the subsidized rate and save $450. The time finally came when Apple unveiled the iPhone 5S, which has now replaced my trusty old iPhone 4, which itself replaced my first smartphone, a Motorola Droid.
Although I had to give up my grandfathered unlimited data in order to get a subsidized iPhone 5S, I didn't have to give up my grandfathered pricing. I'm still paying $75 a month (plus $5 or so in taxes and surcharges) for 450 voice minutes, 250 texts, and 2GB of data. Interestingly, I was only able to keep this more favorable pricing by purchasing my phone through Apple's online store. Attempting to upgrade my phone on Verizon's website would have forced me to pay at least $100 a month.
Now that my data plan limits me to 2GB per month, though, I get to tether without paying Verizon extra, right? Not quite. Verizon doesn't actually have to enable tethering to comply with the FCC order, which stems from Verizon purchasing spectrum licenses that forbid application blocking. Instead, Verizon just can't object to third-party tethering applications.
Still, I called Verizon to see if the company would add tethering to my plan without an extra fee. To my total non-surprise, that didn't work because I don't pay for one of Verizon's "Share Everything" plans. The iPhone has a native tethering tool, but it's not visible to the user unless the carrier enables it. Enabling tethering would add at least $20 to my bill each month, which I hoped to avoid. So what were my options?
Option number one: tethering apps. If I were still using Android, I could tether with something like PdaNet. And even if specific apps aren't available on the Google Play store, Android lets users sideload applications without rooting or jailbreaking.
That's not the case with iOS, of course, and Apple has steadfastly refused to accept tethering apps into its official store. The easiest way for me to tether would be to jailbreak my phone, which I had done with my iPhone 4 before giving up the jailbreak in order to get a newer version of iOS. Waiting for reliable jailbreaks of each new version of iOS can certainly be a pain, but jailbroken phones can use apps like TetherMe without paying an extra fee each month.
I bought iRinger for $2 sometime before Apple threw it down the memory hole. Now, I never would have dreamed of using the app's hidden tethering capability while I was still on an unlimited data plan, because that would have violated Verizon's tethering policy.
But now that I have a limited data plan, I can use whatever tethering application I want. I couldn't download iRinger to my new phone from the iOS App Store, but I was able to transfer it from my computer because I had backed up all my applications locally through iTunes.
Unfortunately, iRinger won't help future tethering users unless they happened to purchase it during the short time that it was on the App Store. The only advice I can give is to do an occasional Web search for apps with hidden tethering capabilities. If history is any guide, one is bound to pop up sooner or later, but you need to be quick. (A third-party service also promises tethering for $30 a year without a jailbreak by using an HTML5 browser-based client instead of an app, but I haven't tested it.)
Of course, I'd like a better tethering system myself, and I'll keep my eye out for new applications and iOS 7 jailbreaks. For now, though, I'm in good shape and Verizon can't object to my method of tethering.
Are you a photographer and an iPad owner? If so, you are really going to love this. Are you a photographer who swore you would never buy an iPad because it's just an over-sized iPod Touch? Well you are about to change your mind.
Now you need to decide where you will be using this new system. If you plan on shooting in a studio then I would highly suggest sending your images through a wireless router. By doing this you do not have to buy the $130 Pro X2 card and you don't have to jailbreak your iPad. Instead, you simply have to purchase the Eye-Fi Connect X2 for $45. Your range from iPad to camera is also much better because you have a router as a middle man. If your camera only takes compact flash cards, you will have to use an adapter until Eye-Fi starts making CF cards of their own. Update: I have been told that this does not work with all cameras. Please do your research before buying.
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