using iPhone as modem for your laptop/also bluetooth

[beauty129]

Does anyone know if it's possible to use our iPhones as modems for a macbook?

LOL.. my boyfriend can use his blackberry as a modem for his laptop and he keeps rubbing it in because as far as I know, I can't do that with my iPhone. But I do tell him, I don't need to use it as a modem as my iPhone is a mini laptop!! BUT if I can one up him again, I'd be a happy camper.. lolol

Also, My macbook can locate my iPhone when I enable bluetooth but for some odd reason my iPhone doesn't seem to locate my macbook.. any suggestions??


thanks everyone
marisol

[Griffinaz]

The process is known as Tethering. It is not for the faint of heart as it is not a simple process but read over this site and it will tell you what is involved with the process.

http://cre.ations.net/blog/post/tether-your-iphone

[Lincoln]

Note that tether does require a jailbroken (hacked) iPhone, and does go against the AT&T contract. It's also possible that if large amounts of data are sent through the iPhone, AT&T will notice and may look into it, even though the plan does have unlimited data.

- John

[styfle]

lol
what does it matter if there is large amounts of data being sent?
you could easily browse the internet on the phone the same way you do on a PC so i highly doubt they would take notice

[dturner]

Originally Posted by John

Note that tether does require a jailbroken (hacked) iPhone, and does go against the AT&T contract. It's also possible that if large amounts of data are sent through the iPhone, AT&T will notice and may look into it, even though the plan does have unlimited data.

- John

John is right. A red flag will go up if data usage is high. It wouldn't surprise me it ATT knows your average usage per month. If it got way above that for a few months, they would want to know why. Tethering is nothing new and a big problem for all cell carriers.

[Lincoln]

Originally Posted by styfle

lol
what does it matter if there is large amounts of data being sent?
you could easily browse the internet on the phone the same way you do on a PC so i highly doubt they would take notice

Think about it. A computer is able to do a whole heck of a lot more than the iPhone at once. The iPhone isn't even supposed to be able to download files. Let's say you're downloading a huge file or two, and browsing several pages. You also have several applications open in the background that are using the internet connection.

- John

[Griffinaz]

I am surprised that AT&T hasn't already reported people to Apple that already have huge download amounts. Anyone with a jailbroken phone that installs and installs and installs software like I do has to have a huge amount of data traffic showing. In fact my "Received" for the Edge Network since my last restore is already 26.5 MB. That would be a lot of web viewing to get that amount in just a few weeks.