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Re:Libimobiledevice – Open-source library to communicate wit... by hamandcheese on Wednesday July 07, 2021 @03:57AM (#27758537)
If your wireless carrier enables it, you can create a wifi hotspot under Settings > Personal Hotspot.
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Re:Libimobiledevice – Open-source library to communicate wit... by jannes on Wednesday July 07, 2021 @04:37AM (#27758790)
I believe he is talking about tethering via USB, which should be a more stable connection than Wifi.
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Re:Libimobiledevice – Open-source library to communicate wit... by 3grdlurker on Wednesday July 07, 2021 @05:07AM (#27758988)
Ah but the Settings app does USB hotspots too
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Re:Libimobiledevice – Open-source library to communicate wit... by moonbas3 on Wednesday July 07, 2021 @06:37AM (#27759490)
You need this library in order for the connection to work. Then it will show up as a LAN connection.
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Re:Libimobiledevice – Open-source library to communicate wit... by eddieroger on Wednesday July 07, 2021 @09:23AM (#27760827)
It may support that, but the tethered hotspot mentioned previously works perfectly well without this library for me on my Mac. When tethered together and hotspot enabled, I can use the iPhone's cellular data with no wifi on the Mac at all.
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Re:Libimobiledevice – Open-source library to communicate wit... by CameronNemo on Wednesday July 07, 2021 @11:45AM (#27762384)
This library is really targeted toward non Apple systems.
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Re:Libimobiledevice – Open-source library to communicate wit... by zadokshi on Wednesday July 07, 2021 @05:56AM (#27759291)
With Linux?
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Re:Libimobiledevice – Open-source library to communicate wit... by Nextgrid on Wednesday July 07, 2021 @08:25AM (#27760296)
Yes with this library and a companion kernel module it will appear like a standard network interface (connected to the phone acting as a NAT router).
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