How-To: Tether Your iPhone to Your Laptop

By Nick Mokey
April 6th, 2009

By now, every iPhone user has eagerly eyed the specs for the upcoming 3.0 operating system and drooled over what’s to come. But who can wait for the trees to green up and flowers to blossom while Apple drags it out of beta for release this summer?

Fortunately, one of the most hotly anticipated features for the phone – tethering – is available now with a little violation of your Terms of Service. Cool with turning to the dark side? Read on for the quick and dirty solution.

Busting Out

First, you’ll need to jailbreak your iPhone. Unlike unlocking, which allows you to use the phone on any GSM network, jailbreaking allows you to run non-Apple applications. Two of the most popular tools for this are QuickPWN and PwnageTool. QuickPWN is the less powerful, but simpler option. It will allow ...

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