[Wolves] Ubuntu-Iphone...

Kris Douglas krisdouglas at gmail.com
Mon Jul 13 07:11:22 UTC 2009


2009/7/13  <fish at politicalpenguin.org.uk>:
> The simple answer is, if you're trying to 'tether' (which I think is the technical phrase you're after rather than sync) your computer to the Iphone 3G so as to use it to access the internet is that you can't.
>
> However, if he's bought the Iphone 3GS then you can, assuming he's paying O2 to hideously rip-off extra £15 a month to allow tethering.
>
> Or unless it's jailbroken. However how are you trying to connect? Iphone doesn't have data transfer via bluetooth nor do I think you can reverse the wifi to turn them into hotspots like you can with Nokia's so are you just using a usb wired connection?
>
> Gareth
>
> -original message-
> Subject: [Wolves] Ubuntu-Iphone...
> From: Octavio Augusto Sánchez Velázquez <netzsooc at gmail.com>
> Date: 13/07/2009 01:57
>
> Hello, my father has just bought an Iphone 3g, and I want to sync his
> phone with my ubuntu so I can be on Internet with his phone, but I have
> googled and found nothing at this use (some things about Amarok and
> iTunes, but not about using internet) then, I tried with my phone (sony
> ericsson Z710i) and I can't sync it either, any Ideas on how to do this?
>
>

If the iPhone were jailbroken, you can use it as a wifi hotspot, and
tether to ubuntu over USB, if you google around about jailbreaking the
iphone it will bring some useful articles up.
-- 
Kris Douglas



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