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From: Jolly Roger on 31 May 2010 21:16 In article <310520101611441293%nospam(a)nospam.invalid>, nospam <nospam(a)nospam.invalid> wrote: > In article <jollyroger-A1D0D9.18005131052010(a)news.individual.net>, > Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote: > > > > > > > You said "the iphone does not tether with at&t". That's incorrect. > > > > > > > > > > it's exactly correct > > > > > > > > Nope. It's incorrect, because the iPhone DOES tether. > > > > > > it's exactly correct. an iphone can only tether if it's jailbroken, > > > > Which means it CAN tether. You said it, not me. Stop trying to argue > > about it. You said "the iphone does not tether with at&t". That's > > incorrect. > > i'm not the one who is arguing. the iphone *can't* tether to at&t > unless it's jailbroken, and if you include hacks, the iphone can do > quite a bit more, including folders, third party apps that run in the > background and even android. > > it's ludicrous to claim the iphone can tether to at&t, when a hack and > tos violation is required to do so. No, it's a simple fact that it is possible. If you had mentioned jail breaking or TOS in your initial statement "the iphone does not tether with at&t", perhaps we wouldn't be having this discussion. But you claimed it could not be done, which is incorrect. > > > > If you know what you are doing you can upgrade just fine without issue. > > > > > > big if. many people upgraded and were screwed. those who needed an > > > unlock could no longer use their iphone *at all*. some were stuck on > > > the activation screen so they couldn't even use it as an ipod or mobile > > > internet device. a brick, in other words. > > > > A smart person would have restored their phone before upgrading. > > actually, that would have been a big mistake. restoring a new firmware > without the proper precautions could potentially brick it. I'm talking about restoring *with* the proper precautions. Nice try, though. -- Send responses to the relevant news group rather than email to me. E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my very hungry SPAM filter. Due to Google's refusal to prevent spammers from posting messages through their servers, I often ignore posts from Google Groups. Use a real news client if you want me to see your posts. JR
From: nospam on 31 May 2010 21:22 In article <jollyroger-EE6216.20105731052010(a)news.individual.net>, Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote: > > How about you both agree to "The iPhone does not tether with AT&T unless it > > is jailbroken. This is subject to change without advance notice."? > > I'm down with that. me too.
From: nospam on 31 May 2010 21:25 In article <jollyroger-3AE753.20163831052010(a)news.individual.net>, Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote: > If you had mentioned jail breaking or TOS in your initial statement "the > iphone does not tether with at&t", perhaps we wouldn't be having this > discussion. But you claimed it could not be done, which is incorrect. the vast majority of iphone users do not jailbreak. claiming that someone can tether to at&t when most users can't is misleading. > > > > > If you know what you are doing you can upgrade just fine without > > > > > issue. > > > > > > > > big if. many people upgraded and were screwed. those who needed an > > > > unlock could no longer use their iphone *at all*. some were stuck on > > > > the activation screen so they couldn't even use it as an ipod or mobile > > > > internet device. a brick, in other words. > > > > > > A smart person would have restored their phone before upgrading. > > > > actually, that would have been a big mistake. restoring a new firmware > > without the proper precautions could potentially brick it. > > I'm talking about restoring *with* the proper precautions. Nice try, > though. you did not say 'with the proper precautions.'
From: Jolly Roger on 31 May 2010 21:32 In article <310520101825453782%nospam(a)nospam.invalid>, nospam <nospam(a)nospam.invalid> wrote: > In article <jollyroger-3AE753.20163831052010(a)news.individual.net>, > Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote: > > > If you had mentioned jail breaking or TOS in your initial statement "the > > iphone does not tether with at&t", perhaps we wouldn't be having this > > discussion. But you claimed it could not be done, which is incorrect. > > the vast majority of iphone users do not jailbreak. claiming that > someone can tether to at&t when most users can't is misleading. Any user can jail break if they wish. It's a simply app download and button click away. > > > > > > If you know what you are doing you can upgrade just fine without > > > > > > issue. > > > > > > > > > > big if. many people upgraded and were screwed. those who needed an > > > > > unlock could no longer use their iphone *at all*. some were stuck on > > > > > the activation screen so they couldn't even use it as an ipod or > > > > > mobile > > > > > internet device. a brick, in other words. > > > > > > > > A smart person would have restored their phone before upgrading. > > > > > > actually, that would have been a big mistake. restoring a new firmware > > > without the proper precautions could potentially brick it. > > > > I'm talking about restoring *with* the proper precautions. Nice try, > > though. > > you did not say 'with the proper precautions.' Just like you did not say "without jail breaking and violating a TOS". Ready to stop bickering yet? -- Send responses to the relevant news group rather than email to me. E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my very hungry SPAM filter. Due to Google's refusal to prevent spammers from posting messages through their servers, I often ignore posts from Google Groups. Use a real news client if you want me to see your posts. JR
From: nospam on 31 May 2010 21:44
In article <michelle-809F44.18393931052010(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote: > And claiming unilaterally that it can't tether with AT&T when it can is > even more misleading. not when 90% of iphone users don't jailbreak it isn't. it can only tether to at&t *if* you jailbreak *and* you install the configuration, and *if* the jailbreak method enables it (not all do, by the way). |