Jake really? Would you prefer I re post and only talk about my droid 2? Android vs iPhone was a discussion for 2007. Let's leave the fan boy-ism for another time.
Sent from my mobile device On May 14, 2012, at 9:16 AM, "Jake Markhus" <[email protected]> wrote: > Please teach me what tethering is. > I am able to do it on my android. Am I different in some way? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Sanga Collins > Sent: 14 May 2012 09:13 > To: Uganda Linux User Group > Subject: Re: [LUG] iPhone 4s tethering > > It's an unlocked verizon iPhone provided by my job. Investment = 0$. > > If the carrier can't tether the option is disabled. That feature is baked > into the os. > > I am not interested in a foss vs closed discussion. My droidX and droid2 > global also have the same feature. And from my visit here last year I > already know I can't tether with orange and my droid2 global built in tether > app. > > I am not interest in jail breaking or rooting my phones. It usually leaves > me with an unstable device that misbehaves at the most akward moments. (like > in the middle of a demonstration of global VoIP server for a potential > client last year) > > It was a simple question I asked at 11p since I couldn't start roaming > Kampala streets testing out sim cards on a Sunday night. But now that it's > Monday morning I guess I'll begin my mission. > > Sent from my mobile device > > On May 14, 2012, at 7:19 AM, Brian Ochan <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Apple supports the feature and it's baked into their iOS. Orange Uganda > Limited however, does not support tethering your Internet connection on ur > iDevice. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On May 14, 2012, at 6:41 AM, "Jake Markhus" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> You lost me at " disable my tethering options " I personally use(d) >>> an android phone and when I installed a tethering app I used my phone >>> as a wireless hotspot! In fact, in the cyanogenmod roms >>> (ICS) the tethering functionality comes "baked into" >>> the OS! >>> Are you saying iPhone 4s comes with an option for your telco to stop >>> you tethering or is this a limitation of iOS. In the spirit of FOSS >>> and fair usage, one ought to be able to consume a service however >>> they want given their ability. I think the people at fault here are >>> apple and not Orange. UNLESS, you bought the iPhone 4s from them and >>> it is branded and feature locked. >>> I think you ought to be asking HOW or IS IT POSSIBLE to tether with >>> an iPhone 4s first instead of running off to do a search for isps >>> especially given your MASSIVE investment already. >>> Good luck my friend. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >>> Behalf Of Sanga Collins >>> Sent: 13 May 2012 23:52 >>> To: Uganda Linux User Group >>> Subject: [LUG] iPhone 4s tethering >>> >>> Orange has once again shot me in the back. After spending 7 hours >>> hanging out at garden city to get a micro sim and 1.2gb data so I >>> could tether my laptop. And after asking repeatedly if orange >>> supports tethering specifically for the iPhone 4 or iPhone 4s. I find >>> out the hard way 100k later that they do not. >>> >>> Is there another carrier (in uganda) that supports the iPhone 4s, >>> sells micro sims and will not disable my tethering options? >>> >>> Sent from my mobile device >>> _______________________________________________ >>> The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug >>> >>> Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: >>> [email protected] Mailing list archives: >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >>> Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >>> To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug >>> >>> The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: >>> http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >>> >>> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them >>> (including attachments if any). 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