Beware - iPhone OS 3.1 kills tethering and unlock

[RealBlackStuff]

Beware - iPhone OS 3.1 kills tethering and unlock!!!
http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=5423&tag=nl.e539

[ThinkRob]

Apple continues to fight their customers tooth and nail. News at 11...

Sigh.

[t140568]

Exactly why I told my wife the other day, "DO NOT UPGRADE YOUR IPHONE!!" Fortunately, she's not the kind of woman who will just go ahead and do it anyway.

[yak]

I don't have an iPhone but some of my friends do. Been chatting with some coming from Poland when I read this. They say that tethering works without problems on 3.1. Could this be an AT&T issue only then?

[miketoro]

Just curious: How many of you iPhone users jailbroke your phone to do things like tethering, video, etc? If so, are you still on AT&T?

(I've been debating doing it since I got the 3G, a year ago now.)

[BillMorrow]

i have not unlocked or jailbreak'ed my iphone 3G..
in fact, i wonder sometimes why i ever got an iphone..
all i use it for is, well, a telephone and address book..

it DOES have some nice features but nothing i could not get on my old motorola razr..

this is not to say i won't do more with it in the future..

note that i don't drive much more than 300 miles in a normal month..

[miketoro]

i have not unlocked or jailbreak'ed my iphone 3G..
in fact, i wonder sometimes why i ever got an iphone..
..

I like the phone enough. What I have trouble justifying is whether I like it more than the $100 a month AT&T charges me to use it. I use the GPS feature a lot; I do plenty of mobile banking, use the calendar, check movie times, settle friendly disputes with quick Google searches, check the subway maps, play some games ... But is that worth $100 every four weeks? Every month it feels less so ... What pains me the most, though, is its not a very good cell phone. This has been widely reported and I find it to be true. The volume isn't very loud, it drops calls, thanks to AT&T I have dead spots even in Manhattan -- @ $100 a month?

[qviri]

Beware - iPhone OS 3.1 kills tethering and unlock!!!
http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=5423&tag=nl.e539

Has there ever been an Iphone OS software upgrade that didn't disable jailbreak fixes?

[NorrisCell]

Has there ever been an Iphone OS software upgrade that didn't disable jailbreak fixes?

Technically 3.0.1 didn't cause any Jailbreak issues, but it was only a bugfix version. All major revisions seem to kill Jailbreak options.

I've missed out on some $$$ this week because several people have wanted their Iphone unlocked but already updated to 3.1. Sucks.

It is, and will continue to be, a cat and mouse game between Apple and the Dev Team.

Jailbreaking will come soon for 3.1 I'm sure, as it always comes quickly. The unlock is another story.

[ZaZ]

I jailbroke my iPhone cause I didn't want to pay $70 a month to AT&T for internet service I'd hardly ever use. The two places I would mainly use my phone for internet, home and work, already have free WiFi. Since I live in a rural area, 3G isn't even offered.

[visionviper]

I don't have an iPhone but some of my friends do. Been chatting with some coming from Poland when I read this. They say that tethering works without problems on 3.1. Could this be an AT&T issue only then?

The new iPhone OS 3.x fully supports tethering. AT&T, however, does not allow this service yet as they have not figured out the best way to price gouge their customers.