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by Marianne Schultz

Handy Light: Tethering AppCamouflaged as Flashlight

Nick Lees Handy Light app, which looks like any other flashlight app

that uses the iPhones screen to provide illumination, actually

camouflages a tethering feature using the SOCKS proxy, la

Nullrivers Softwares NetShare app that was available for a short time

nearly two years ago. The app just hit the App Store a little while ago

and costs a mere $.99.

For those unfamiliar with tethering, it allows you to use your iPhone s

cellular data connection on your computer or other devices via Wi-Fi.

In the U.S., AT&T requires an additional $20 per month for this feature,and you must be on the most expensive data plan that costs $25 per month (unless you were

grandfathered into the unlimited $30 data plan offered previously). Weve tested the app and it

works as advertised, bringing unofficial tethering to any iPhone running iOS 4.

Lee has posted a YouTube video demonstrating how the app works:

In case you dont want to watch the video, the instructions are as follows:

1. Set up an ad hoc Wi-Fi network on your computer (network name and passwordrequirement are not important).

2. Connect to the Wi-Fi network you just created on your iPhone through theSettings/Wi-Fi menu.

3. Tap on the blue arrow to the right of the selected Wi-Fi network, click Static in theIP Address menu and enter the following IP address and chuckle at its geekquotient: 13.37.13.37

4. Next, enter 255.255.255.0 in the Subnet Mask field.5. Back out of the Settings menu to ensure these settings are saved (though hitting

the Home button right away shouldnt change them).6. Go to your Mac or PC and change the network settings to use the SOCKS Proxy

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and enter 13.37.13.37 as the Socks Proxy Server address and 1337 as the port.On our Mac laptop, this is what the resulting screen looks like:

7. Be sure to apply/save these settings.8. Go back to your iPhone and open the Handy Light app and tap the flashlight colors

at the bottom in the following sequence: blue, yellow, red. Then tap the top rightcorner of the screen and the color should change to purple. Your iPhone is nowcapable of sharing its internet connection with the computer you set up.

9. Leave the app open and go to your computer and start browsing. As the videodescribes, we found that it took a few seconds for the connection to kick in but thenit worked like a charm. Though many variables affect network speed tests, a quicktest using Speedtest.net yielded 3.92 Mb/s down and 0.38 Mb/s up while tetheredto our iPhone 4 through Handy Light.

Of course, while we felt it was important to get this news out to you, it s almost guaranteed Apple will

remove this app from the App Store once the company learns of this hidden feature. Hopefully, this

wont happen too soon and everyone can enjoy the tethering feature this app offers for a mere $.99(comparatively, NetShare cost $9.99 when it was available). Now, what are you waiting for? Go buy

Handy Light and get your tethering on! Those of you on metered data plans should be careful

tethering with this app, however, since this can quickly eat up your data allotment. Also, since you

need to keep the app open for it to keep working and the 3G radio in your iPhone takes a lot of

power to run, this will likely drain your battery pretty quickly so be prepared and make sure your

iPhones AC charger is close at hand.

UPDATE: It looks like Apple has removed Handy Light from the App Store so it is no longer

available for purchase.

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Rabid Puffin7:50 pm, July 20th, 2010

Now, lets see if someone can figure this out to work with the WiFi iPad! No need for $130

extra or a $20 data plan!

jim7:52 pm, July 20th, 2010

Awesome Is there a way to get it working with iPad?

Scott

7:52 pm, July 20th, 2010Do you mean 3.92 MB/s down and 0.38 MB/s up?

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Attyjones7:54 pm, July 20th, 2010

Thats what we need -iPad functionality.

Steve K.7:56 pm, July 20th, 2010

Maybe Nick can make the app have black screen instead of purple when its on to save

battery.

Adam7:57 pm, July 20th, 2010

You can tether your iPad, but youll need your laptop to act as the intermediary. Just add the

iPad to the ad-hoc network.

Marianne Schultz7:58 pm, July 20th, 2010

Yes thanks for pointing that out. Fixed.

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jamie7:59 pm, July 20th, 2010

Fantastic! Wish Id got Netshare while I could but until the os4 jailbreak comes out, this will

do just fine! Thanks!

Mac928:00 pm, July 20th, 2010

It cant be thehered to an iPad can it?

Matt8:04 pm, July 20th, 2010

How do you set the SOCKS Proxy settings in Windows 7?

Andre8:05 pm, July 20th, 2010I love the old school Street Fighter music playing in the background.

James8:06 pm, July 20th, 2010

I love you man!

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rich8:07 pm, July 20th, 2010

Not everyone can enjoy this. I bought it and then found out my phone is too old. Guess I

should have read the system requirements. At least Ill have it for when I upgrade, even if

Apple yanks it from the store before then.

Edwin8:07 pm, July 20th, 2010

Any way to connect to an Ipad with this? hmmm?

Jason8:14 pm, July 20th, 2010

Did anyone else notice the icon for the app? It looks like a shielded twisted pair cable

halo8:19 pm, July 20th, 2010

Can someone please help me on showing me where in Windows 7 I can set the SOCKS

Proxy settings in Windows 7? I got the ad-hoc Wifi setup. but Im stuck nowThanks in

advance!

jmp8:20 pm, July 20th, 2010

Insane! What a work of art!! Thanks! Best .99 I have spent yet.

SirAnax

8:22 pm, July 20th, 2010Doesnt work with Firefox but does with Safari.

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elisa8:27 pm, July 20th, 2010

buy it now to download to iTunes on Mac and sync it to all your devices PRN

Evil

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Nick8:37 pm, July 20th, 2010

This is fantastic! Just installed and worked right away. 2 things

- I couldnt get internet through Firefox but Safari worked

- Mail wouldnt connect to IMAP or smtp servers either way.

Any suggestions on getting Mail to work, that was my main desire for tethering

Still amazing for .99 forever, wonder how long this will stay up

jsizzle8:38 pm, July 20th, 2010

Windows 7 SOCKS proxy is shown in advanced under connections in internet options but

im still having problems. it connects i think, but i m not getting anything. anyone have

success?

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Heather8:43 pm, July 20th, 2010

Yep, no firefox, but safari works.

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Kyle8:50 pm, July 20th, 2010

Is anyone else having problems configuring this on an iPhone 3G? Im running 4.0.1,

connecting to an early 2008 MBP running 10.6.4. My numbers are plugged and chugged

correctly, did the right sequence for the flashlight, but no actual connection to the internets

through any browser (not even Safari).

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Jacob8:54 pm, July 20th, 2010Yeah, im having trouble on the iphone 4 too. Keeps favoring 3G over WiFi. weird..

Chris H8:55 pm, July 20th, 2010

How would I do this with Windows 7? Can t get it to work with Chrome or Firefox. It actually

never shows a connection.

geeves8:57 pm, July 20th, 2010

wow cool, it works

Mike8:58 pm, July 20th, 2010

Using a Iphone 3G.

Set it up the first time with a WEP password for the ad hoc network (out of habit). Didnt work

so it I did exactly as the video showed (i.e. no password) and it works. I m away from a 3G

network right now so using Edge. Slow but it is working but it is draining the phone like crazy.

Also had no luck with Firefox but Safari is fine.

marc9:01 pm, July 20th, 2010

does anyone know how to set this up for windows?

Dark Skies9:02 pm, July 20th, 2010

It worksbut for me ONLY in Safari!! Couldnt get Firefox or Mail to see an internet

connection. But wierdly Safari worked liked a dream.

DS


And be sure to return your proxy settings back to normal when you stop tethering.

Bob9:05 pm, July 20th, 2010

Reason FF doesnt work, but Safari does, is that the Safari uses the system network settings

(which you just changed to work). Firefox has its own Proxy settings under:

Preferences >> Advanced >> Network >> Settings
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Change it there in FF, and now it will work

Brian9:06 pm, July 20th, 2010

This didnt work out of the box for me after following the video, so if you re not getting

internet, see if your airport icon is green in the network settings. Mine was yellow, so I set an

IP/Netmask to 13.37.13.36/24 and it works!

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markeee9:06 pm, July 20th, 2010

Anyone with better/step by step instructions on configure SOCKS on a PC vs MAC. THX

Carter9:07 pm, July 20th, 2010

Can someone explain how to do step 6 on Windows 7? I don t get itand do I need to use

Internet Explorer?

Butch9:09 pm, July 20th, 2010

No joy for me. iPhone 4 using iOS 4.0.1. Firstly, I can t view the video (now marked private)

so I worked from the written instructions. As far as I can tell, I ve done everything right, butSafari will not connect out via the phone (no Internet connection). Is there maybe something

incorrect in the written instructions? For instance, it never talks about changing the IP of the

Mac. Mine is just stuck with a self-assigned 169.x.x.x address.

Thanks!

Butch9:10 pm, July 20th, 2010

And following up, I had also tried using a static IP of 13.37.13.36 with a netmask of

255.255.255.0, but that didnt work either.

michael9:14 pm, July 20th, 2010

If true, I guarantee that Apple will use their kill switch to remove this app from any iPhones

that have it installed.

bobby9:17 pm, July 20th, 2010

Awesomeness! Thanks, works for meis there a way to get this pumping via usb instead of

wlan?

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Orpical9:29 pm, July 20th, 2010

Followed the instructions in text to a tee. Working perfectly. Posting this message from the

tethered iPhone 3GS as we speak. I have a work-issued bberry on the verizon network and

so far the speeds on this 3G seem comparable to what I get on the bberry. NICE

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Vrd9:30 pm, July 20th, 2010

Anyway to configure a wifi iPad to use this (the iphones 3G connection)?

AJ9:32 pm, July 20th, 2010

Looks like its already been removed from the app store. BUMMER.

Vik9:34 pm, July 20th, 2010

Worked perfectly on the iPhone 3GS running 4.0

Anyway I can get it configured for the iPad?

I connected the iPad to the ad-hoc network but have no luck getting the internet to work

Orpical9:35 pm, July 20th, 2010

Whoa. I know this was mentioned before, but just so were clear. This does work with the

iPad as well. After youve got everything working, go to your iPads WiFi settings and you

should see the new ad-hoc network you just created listed under your Choose a Network

options. Once I selected it, it was working like a charm. Ohhhh this is beautimous.

putt

9:35 pm, July 20th, 2010Or you could plug in your iphone so it runs off of the computers battery instead of the

iphones

Fred Fnord9:36 pm, July 20th, 2010

Bobby: Not a chance. Apps have a fair bit of control over the network environment, but they

cant play with the USB connection at all.

Amusingly, it could be done over the audio port, with the headset connecter connected to the

Macs mic/line out connectors with a Y adaptor, and a custom TCP stack written that

implements tcp-over-audio.

But that would be awfully silly.

-fred

Vik9:36 pm, July 20th, 2010

Also for those using unlimited data, use the 3G network cautiously as sooner or later At&t will

figure out that you are tethering and knowing how cheap they are, they might send you a

hefty bill for it

Michael9:36 pm, July 20th, 2010

And, poof, its gone.

sadly9:36 pm, July 20th, 2010

too bad it is pulled already.

Orpical9:37 pm, July 20th, 2010HA! Oops, it DOESNT work on my iPadso sorry folks big #fail right there.

[update] Taschenlampen-App schmuggelt Tethering-Funktion in den App Store9:40 pm, July 20th, 2010

[...] Anleitungs-Video verschwindet anscheinend gerne spontan von den YouTube-Servern.

Hier habe ich kurzerhand eine [...]

Ian9:42 pm, July 20th, 2010

Havent had any luck getting this to work on win 7
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old phart9:43 pm, July 20th, 2010

Will work with Chrome as well.

OSX needs tsocks to work with FF, mail and all the shell programs that dont support SOCKS

5.

tsocks is a pain to set up and get to work correctly

http://github.com/pc/tsocks

Hellionz9:44 pm, July 20th, 2010Got it working!! woohoo now to go play around with the iPad and get it working to. FTW for

as long as this lasts. probably till the morning, 10am Apple s time! lol

Leada9:48 pm, July 20th, 2010

Wowvery short-lived. Just tried to download this app and got the following messageThe

item you tried to buy is no longer available. Congrats to those who acted fast!

Emily9:50 pm, July 20th, 2010

Apple took it down already. http://skitch.com/etothem/dpq2y/handy-light

HeidiAH9:51 pm, July 20th, 2010

I think its been pulledjust tried to get it and got an its been moved message

Rob9:54 pm, July 20th, 2010

If anyone got it to work for Windows 7, please help.

Brad Goodman9:54 pm, July 20th, 2010

Couldnt get to work under Firefox.

Tried Safari on Windows, but couldnt figure out how to get Proxy settings to work correctly,

so no luck.

Jeff9:54 pm, July 20th, 2010

cant get it to work with my iPad.

where are the SOCK setting on iPad. can someone post instructions for iPad?

To Developer! Why didnt you make this iOS 4 multtask compatiable?

hoosierem9:55 pm, July 20th, 2010

Wow, Apple caught wind of that fastfaster than I was at downloading it

DarkProphet20889:58 pm, July 20th, 2010

Oh my god!!!! This was my last chance to get internet back in my home and I took too long!

Ever since my cable Internet was disconnected (for illegal downloading, lol not me, lol) I ve

been trying every other option. Damn

noksucow

9:59 pm, July 20th, 2010You wont see the 3G icon change to the wifi icon on your iPhone. It didnt on my iPhone

anyway. I thought it wasnt working until I tried browsing, but it was indeed working. Great

app.

RedVeloce10:01 pm, July 20th, 2010

Really, really worksfor now (smile)

Just remember to reset Proxy Settings after you re finished to go to your other networks.

Cauchope
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10:03 pm, July 20th, 2010

How do you set the SOCKS Proxy settings in Windows 7

Cauchope10:03 pm, July 20th, 2010

Anyone knows How do you set the SOCKS Proxy settings in Windows 7?????

HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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10:04 pm, July 20th, 2010

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bling10:06 pm, July 20th, 2010

I configured an ad-hoc network on windows 7 and set static IP on the connection in windows

(13.37.13.36). I did all the above instructions and Im able to telnet to port 1337 once the

screen turns purple.

But Im unable to configure the browser to use this SOCKS proxy. A little help please

Marco Soria's Blog Se cuela una app de tethering en la app store10:10 pm, July 20th, 2010

[...] gprs de telcel hacia tu computadora. Las instrucciones, as como un video de youtube se

encuentran aqui . Te advierto que para cuando leas este post, apple ya habr quitado esta

aplicacin de la app [...]

Barbara Smith10:15 pm, July 20th, 2010

still in the app store as of 10:15 pm EDT.

aaron10:17 pm, July 20th, 2010

Windows 7 Does not work. Instructions do not properly configure for win7

Chris10:18 pm, July 20th, 2010

The item you tied to buy is not longer available.

Dammit!

TJ10:24 pm, July 20th, 2010

Missed it by 8 mins! (Its already pulled.)

CosmoSoko10:25 pm, July 20th, 2010

Rob, Bling, and Cauchope, I am having the same problem and it is driving me crazy!!! If

either of you figure out how to set up the Socks proxy, please let me know. I know you have

to go to internet properties and the onnections tab but when I type in the numbers for the

address and port it still doesn t work. Please help!!!

Jacob10:25 pm, July 20th, 2010

Works nice on IOS 4.1 on iPhone 4

You wont see the WiFi logo

And ONLY works in Safari for some reason. really weird. Not even mail

Anyone have a windows hack yet?


Or if anyone knows how to get it going on Windows 7, please let me know.

Jay10:27 pm, July 20th, 2010

just missed it!! Darn it
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Sctrojan10:28 pm, July 20th, 2010

Damn!!! Missed by 5 mins

Booyow120410:28 pm, July 20th, 2010

Im plugging in all the numbers correctly, and I have a 3G with the latest software update, but

its not working. Has anybody had any luck whatsoever operating Windows 7?, I have a

feeling this trick is specific to Macs

Bryan10:31 pm, July 20th, 2010

I cant get it to work for the life of me! It keeps saying it has a self assigned ip and cannot

connect to internet. So annoying. Ive redone it at least a dozen times following all the

instructions to the T.

John P10:31 pm, July 20th, 2010

No luck with win7 for me either.. Anyone have this working with win7? If so please explain

how


Still cant get it to work for Windows 7

: (

sam10:34 pm, July 20th, 2010

For those of us who missed it, is there a way to get this app?

Jason10:35 pm, July 20th, 2010

Im confused. How does this work with the MacBook Pro

anon10:35 pm, July 20th, 2010

LOL U MAD

aaron10:35 pm, July 20th, 2010

Doesnt work on IE, Safari or FF on windows7. just FYI to everyone

Ac10:36 pm, July 20th, 2010

Did anyone on windows get this to work please answer


Item is no longer available!!!! BUMMER!!!!!

Security Worries10:45 pm, July 20th, 2010

Is there any test or method to make sure that it isnt sniffing packets or making any

surreptitious use of your traffic?

John P10:46 pm, July 20th, 2010

I hope anonymous has win7 and it doesnt work

Where to get this file10:48 pm, July 20th, 2010

I know where to get this feature legitimately..

Android 2.2

Really.

Jeff10:51 pm, July 20th, 2010
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I downloaded this before it was shut down. Can I still sync my iPhone with my computer or

will that somehow remove the app from my phone?

JR10:51 pm, July 20th, 2010

Was anyone able to get it work in windows 7? I was able to change the SOCKS settings by

going to

Control Panel > Network and Internet > Internet Options > Connections tab > LAN settings.

Then I checked the box under the Proxy server section > clicked on the Advanced button >

under the SOCKS section I entered IP address and Port values noted in the instructions >

OK. Im still not able to get my computer to connect to my iphone.

JBiPhone | Narju.com 10:54 pm, July 20th, 2010

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Handy Light Hides a Free Tethering App11:08 pm, July 20th, 2010

[...] since they don't own suits will likely not appreciate the guise that got past them.

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Justin11:12 pm, July 20th, 2010

Ya, no luck on windows 7 here either. That s just odd. If anybody gets it to work, make sure

to post back here!

Shaun11:12 pm, July 20th, 2010

I got it over 2 hours ago and still have yet to get it to work as planned, I have set up all

SOCKS correctly and still no progress. Tether just wont work with me.

iPhone 4 with iOS 4.0.1

MacBook 13in 10.6.4

2.4ghz intel core 2 duo

4GB 1067 MHz DDR3

mate11:13 pm, July 20th, 2010

Was able to download it from http://www.filedude.com/download/egwixqKoLO2f3927d216 butcant get itunes to install it. any advice?

RAIDfan11:16 pm, July 20th, 2010

To answer all the Win7 questions, This does not work with Windows 7, and anyone that says

other wise needs to put up instructions or shut up. I have attempted to configure this on both

my Win7 laptop and my MBP, works flawlessly on the Mac, no joy on Windows. Something to

do with the way WIn7 handles the SOCKS proxy settings it would appear. (yes tried IE, FF,

Chrome, Opera and Safari)

Only Safari would connect on the Mac. As previously stated, no email, skype or other chat

functions basic browsing is about it. Handy if in a pinch I suppose, but there are so many

WiFi hotspots, tethering doesnt really matter to me.

iPhone 3G 4.0.1

Win7 Ultimate Acer Laptop

OSX Snow Leopard on MBP

bling11:23 pm, July 20th, 2010

I got it to work in Windows 7 but only in Chrome browser. Strangely, I couldn t get other

browsers to work (IE, FF, Opera). I also tested Skype and it worked. I made a VoIP call to a

toll free number and it sounded pretty good.

Steps:

1. Create ad-hoc connection without encryption (iPhone was unable to connect to my ad-hoc
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network if I setup encryption. I wonder if this is a security risk to my laptop/iPhone)

2. Search for Manage wireless networks and open it.

3. Select the newly created access point (AP) and click adapter properties from the toolbar

above.

3. click on Internet Protocol version 4 and click properties.

4. Set a static IP address (13.37.13.36 for example). 255.255.255.0 as netmask. 8.8.4.4

(Googles DNS server, not sure if its required)

5. Configure proxy settings in IE -> Interet options -> connections -> LAN settings -> Use a

proxy server -> advanced -> SOCKS type -> 13.37.13.37 port 1337

6. Close all open windows and connect to the ad-hoc access point.

Now, open Chrome or Skype and it should work fine.

Andy11:24 pm, July 20th, 2010

Well, Im happy I bought this before apple had a chance to yank it but I can t get it to work

on Windows 7.

May only the most beautiful vaginas find their way to the gentleman who posts how to make

this work on Win7.

Justin11:25 pm, July 20th, 2010

Heres some instructions for firefox on Windows 7. Good luck!!

http://modmyi.com/forums/member-written-iphone-news/720025-tether-inside-

app.html#post5354044

Sparksey11:28 pm, July 20th, 2010

The App is available on installeous for all those with jailbroken iPhones, saves spending 10

bucks on MyWi.

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11:30 pm, July 20th, 2010

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ash11:31 pm, July 20th, 2010

This only works for HTTP traffic. Any other protocols will fail.

MicroCuts711:35 pm, July 20th, 2010

Windows Vista/Windows 7 Instructions:

1) Follow this guide up to #6.

2) Instead of #6, go to the Network Sharing Center and click Manage Network

Connections

3) Right-click Wireless Network Connection and go to Properties.

4) Select the IPv4 option and click Properties

5) Click the Alternate configuration tab and select User Configured

6) In the IP Address field type 13.37.13.xx (where xx is any number from 1-255 but ISNT

37)

7) Set Subnet to 255.0.0.0

Open Chrome, Safari, or Explorer (these are easier to work with than Firefox) Get into

Internet Properties, click LAN Settings

9) Deselect Automatically Detect, Select Use proxy server for, and click Advanced

button

10) Clear the first 3 fields, type 13.37.13.37 and 1337 into the appropriate Socks field.

Deselect Use same proxy server for all

11) Click Okay on all of those windows and enjoy.

I KNOW THIS WORKS BECAUSE THATS HOW IM TYPING TO YOU RIGHT NOW
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My speeds are 3mbps x 256kbps on this tethered connection

you_didn't_hear_this_from_me11:36 pm, July 20th, 2010

to get this working on Windows 7:

set up the adhoc wifi network and all the other instructions in the post.

Open the network settings for your wireless adapter. Give your wireless adapter an IP of

13.37.13.38 and a netmask of 255.255.255.0

If you use other wi-fi connection then set this IP as the alternate IP rather so you dont getthe 169.x.x.x default Windows IP.

open a command prompt (type cmd in the search bar)

type ipconfig /all to verify that you adapter has 13.37.13.38.

to test that you are reaching your iphone do the following from the command prompt:

ping 13.37.13.37

you should see:

Pinging 13.37.13.37 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 13.37.13.37: bytes=32 time=16ms TTL=52

next do the following to verify that the iphone proxy is up:

telnet 13.37.13.37 1337

if the screen returns a cursor then you are connecting to your iphone

- if both tests fail then you are not reaching you iphone, make sure you have the proxy app

turned on (purple screen) and that you followed all the insturctions above. Google windows

ad hoc networks if you cant get to this point.

Open firefox

go to tools>>network tab>>Settings

click on Manual proxy configuration

under SOCKS Host enter 13.37.13.37 port 1337

select SOCKS v4

hit ok, now comes the missing step!

1) In the browser location bar (the place where you type web addresses), type about:config

and press Enter. This opens a different set of Firefox preferences.

2) Where it says Filter: at the top, type network.proxy.socks. The list of preferences will

automatically change to show your proxy preferences.

3) Highlight network.proxy.socks_remote_dns by clicking it only once. Then, right-click it.

This opens a small pull-down menu. Select Toggle from the menu to change its value to

true.

you can also double click to change the value to true

# Close Firefox and restart it.

browse the Internet on AT&T!!!

katmeef11:38 pm, July 20th, 2010

I got it working with my iPad using my unjailbroke 3gs on 4.0.1 using this app (and my mac),

its dirty.

- start the adhoc network on my mac and get my mac working on the proxy as per the

youtube video.

- setup a http webserver on the mac (or locally on the ipad if you can) and serve a file titled

socks.pac with the following contents:
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function FindProxyForURL(url, host) {

return SOCKS 13.37.13.37:1337;

}

connect the ipad to the adhoc network and set the proxy to auto (on the ipad) and the url is

going to be the url of the MAC which serves socks.pac

iphone411:41 pm, July 20th, 2010

crap crap crap. I cant believe I missed this. Is there any way to get an app that has been

pulled?

Handy Light: an iPhone tethering app that disguises as a flashlight app11:41 pm, July 20th, 2010

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while its [...]

Handy Light Hides a Free Tethering App AlbaClips Blog11:42 pm, July 20th, 2010

[...] AppShopper [...]

kap11:52 pm, July 20th, 2010

I downloaded it in time waited until now to fiddle. I can t get it to work on my windows

machine. I finally figured out where the proxy settings were. I tried IE, Chrome, and Safari.

No good on any of them. I also tried altering the IP settings still no good.

Maybe someone will post up better instructions for Windows users. Has anyone on Windows

actually gotten it to work?

you_didn't_hear_this_from_me11:55 pm, July 20th, 2010

@Kap

yes Its working on windows and Firefox see my post above

~ESPHERO~12:02 am, July 21st, 2010

Hey I see all of the comments about making this work for Windows 7

..BUT what about making this work on Windows XP?

I tried the Internet explorer thing with the SOCKS proxy, but it still won t work.

Any suggestions?

you_didn't_hear_this_from_me12:06 am, July 21st, 2010

@~ESPHERO~

Same exact thing for XP and Firefox. just follow the my instructions.

Im not using IE, try the instructions from MicroCuts7 post.

annomous12:24 am, July 21st, 2010

Here is another great set of instructions to get this working on Windows 7 http://play-

this.org/2010/07/approved-iphone-app-handy-light-holds-free-tethering-easter-egg/

t69broken12:25 am, July 21st, 2010well this feature has been available on my htc phone for 4 years for free. Oh and android 2.2

has it built right in to the operating system. Lets go s*ck some steve jobs C*ck.

~ESPHERO~12:28 am, July 21st, 2010

@you_didnt_hear_this_from_me

Worked 100% Thanks!

I cant believe I overlooked using a different browser. The skype, however, you have to
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configure in its settings. (just throwing that out there for anyone who may not have realized

it..)

Thanks again!

fastasleep12:33 am, July 21st, 2010

works great but wasnt able to get Mail.app working with imap/smtp until I grabbed Proxifier

http://www.proxifier.com/

install that, set up a connection (same settings as in network prefs, i think i had to turn on

name resolving as well) turn OFF your system socks proxy, and now all apps should work

and without having to turn on app-specific proxy settings!

only thing so far that hasnt worked was my google jabber account on ichat, not sure why

Derpderp.12:41 am, July 21st, 2010

Oh thanks a lot you blumbering idiots.

HAY LETS TELL EVERYONE SO NOONE CAN HAVE NICE THINGS

THATS TOTALLY COOL

omnione12:55 am, July 21st, 2010

To you_didnt_hear_this_from_me,

Im having problems connecting. Both tests fail even though my iPhone can see the ad hoc

network I created, and Ive activated the purple screen on HandyLight. I ve tried going

through the steps at the top of the page to your post Im using XP btw.

P.S. Im not sure if Im doing step 6 of the original posts instructions correctly. Also, I couldnt

find my 13.37.13.38 when I did ipconfig/all.

omnione12:57 am, July 21st, 2010

also, my ad hoc keeps saying not connected despite the app being on with the iPhone seeing

the network

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Sharon1:00 am, July 21st, 2010

Hello!

Could somebody please help me? I am pretty computer literate, but Im telling you this just

isnt working on my end.

I have followed all the instructions down to the wire..even doing the about:config. My

problem is my wifi is just not connecting to the tether. It shows it and it just says waiting for

users and it refuses to connect.

Does anybody have any clue as to why its saying waiting for users to connect? I swear I

mdoing everything right or am I missing some setting in ad hoc that I dont know about?

Thanks in advance!

Sharon

Jeve Stobs1:14 am, July 21st, 2010

I love how FANDROID are on here saying I have this on my Android (piece of sh*t) phone.

Keep your clunky, Transformer looking brick and when Google fixes all the shit that tries to

rival Apple, then you can brag all you want. Yeah, I said it and so do most of the millions of

us whove had any of the 4 iphones. This is not buyers remorse talking as we all know when
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Verizon gets an iPhone, you will all jump ship.


Ok so where it shows the tether icon in my wifi it has an orange exclamation point and will not

connect. Ive tried everything! Believe me Im not sad for the 99c its just that I really need this

to work to be able to log into my classroom when I m down the beach this summer.

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1:35 am, July 21st, 2010



Apple Guy1:36 am, July 21st, 2010

Sharon:

Windows or Mac? What browser are you using?

What Is My IP Address1:37 am, July 21st, 2010

Awesome!

Nate1:42 am, July 21st, 2010

Someone please helps me with instruction for win XP as it does not have AD HOC.


Apple guy,

Win 7 and firefox. Everything shows up just fine, but I have an exclamation point under the

tether setting in my wifi list & it just will not connect.

netbook1:43 am, July 21st, 2010

Got it working on my netbook running windows 7 Starter. Much thanks to Nick the creator of

handy light. Hope you made a nice bit of cash from this.

Zambo1:45 am, July 21st, 2010

I wonder how long until the Apple-controlled police bust in this guys door with a warrant, orhe gets sued by Apple.


Excellent!! Skype works too!!!

Firefox works.

No Chrome

No Internet Explorer..

yet.

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Sandra Diaz2:02 am, July 21st, 2010

hehehe glad I read this minutes after it went up. Tethering how sweet it is.


Well! Progress I guess? It says its connected to tether in my wifi setting but says no Internet

connection! Am I closer? Still has yellow explanation point

netbook
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2:16 am, July 21st, 2010

it will have the exclamation point but it will work anyway.


Nooooo OMG I got it working!!!


Sweet!!


For anybody that is having issues with win 7 do what I diddownload a driver file for your

wireless card model for windows vista. The problem was in the win 7 driver!

It was what worked for me!

Dick Allen2:20 am, July 21st, 2010

When I open my handy-light application, I dont see the selectable colors at the bottom of the

screen as in the video. This is even if I select the Lights button on the window by double

tapping it. How do I get the screen showing the colors I have to hit in sequence?

Lisa2:46 am, July 21st, 2010

I bought the app but it dont work on any version of windows Mac only

mikesmythe2:56 am, July 21st, 2010

well this is great. i bought the app, but i fear that at&t will only get more bogged down now

that everyone is tethering their phones to the network. fuck.

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Tim4:29 am, July 21st, 2010

Hello, since Apple already removed it from the store. Are there similar tools out there? Tx

david4:40 am, July 21st, 2010

I dowloaded it and can add it to my iphone.

When syncing, iTunes deselects it automatically

Any hints on how to solve this ?

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[...] via App Shopper [...]

Sam7:06 am, July 21st, 2010

Is there any way of knowing if this is pinching data from your computer / iphone when you

connect/tether?

Jack8:05 am, July 21st, 2010
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Working great on my 3GS with 4.0FM, GREAT APP.

Peter8:58 am, July 21st, 2010

hitting in sequence the blue, yellow, red screens by using arrows and tapping screen, but no

purple when tap top right corner. What am I missing or doing incorrectly?

Whybuy3GIPad9:04 am, July 21st, 2010

I get the purple screen, but looking for a direct IPAD solution, possibly safari based?

Nate9:18 am, July 21st, 2010

Can someone write an idiot instructions to use it with win XP? plsss

Jerry9:36 am, July 21st, 2010

Great app, thanks Nick. Sorry it got pulled.

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Teth10:17 am, July 21st, 2010

I followed the tutorial exactly the way the youtube video suggested and I cannot get it to

work. I am using a macbook pro, iphone 4. Is there something I am missing or was the app

disabled?

In network preferences, airport comes up as being orange with s self-assigned IP.

Suggestions?

Teth

Ac10:29 am, July 21st, 2010

I tried every windows walkthrough to the T and i can not get this to work on windows 7 with

IE Safari or FF am i just Dumb?

ol10:45 am, July 21st, 2010Works fine on my Snow Leopard Mac with Safari, no FF or Mail yet, but im sure a bit of time

might make it work. Sending this over handy light now. Thanks to the geek who put this out,

only $1

MustTether10:50 am, July 21st, 2010

There is a Handylight Pro. Is that the same one ?

Comment un dveloppeur de 15 a roul Apple dans la farine11:03 am, July 21st, 2010

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[...]

david11:46 am, July 21st, 2010

Does it work on a 3GS with 3.1.3 ?

Rob11:51 am, July 21st, 2010

I still cannot get the computer to detect the iphone has connected. Even tried installing a
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previous version of my wifi card. no dice.

RedStateRyan12:08 pm, July 21st, 2010

Thanks @MicroCuts7 for instructions for windows machines! Works great for me using my

tether to send this

darksabre12:21 pm, July 21st, 2010

For everyone thats having connection issues even after following all steps, try seeing if you

can connect via ip, e.g., connect to Google at

http://66.102.9.106

If that works, its a DNS issue (name resolution). Havent gotten that part working myself, but

at least youll know that its connecting.

darksabre1:13 pm, July 21st, 2010

Update: thanks to @fastasleep for suggesting Proxifier that fixed all the DNS resolution

issues w/SOCKS!

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John (8BIT)1:38 pm, July 21st, 2010

epic.

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kap3:51 pm, July 21st, 2010

OK I finally got it working with Chrome using Vista. Use the instructions from: http://play-

this.org/2010/07/approved-iphone-app-handy-light-holds-free-tethering-easter-egg-

instructions/

The key seems to be in specifying an IP in the SOCK settings as something with 13.37.13.XX

where XX is NOT 37.

I was streaming netflix for a few minutes. Works fine. I m posting now using it.

Shredrca 4:09 pm, July 21st, 2010

HandyLight Tethering with Safari on Windows XP

Requirements:

* Windows XP

* Wifi Adapter

* Safari 5.0 for Windows

1. On Windows XP:

a. Click Start, Settings, Control-Panel
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b. Double-click Network Connections icon

c. Right-click Wireless Network Connection

d. Select Properties

Select Show icon in notification area when connected

e. Click Wireless Networks tab

f. Click Advanced button

g. Select Computer-to-computer (ad hoc) networks only

h. click Close

i. Click Add button

j. For SSID: type IPHONE-TETHER

k. For Data encryption: select Disabledl. Click OK

m. Click General tab

n. Double-click Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)

o. Select Use the following IP Address:

p. For IP Address: type 13.37.13.38

q. For Subnet mask: type 255.255.255.0

r. Click OK, Click OK

s. Right-click Wireless Network Connection

t. Select View available wireless networks

u. Scroll to bottom and click IPHONE-TETHER

v. Click Connect button (Dont worry if it does not connect)

w. Leave this Window open

2. On iPhone:a. Tap Settings, tap Wi-Fi

b. Tap blue-arrow on IPHONE-TETHER

c. Tap Static button

d. For IP Address, type 13.37.13.37

e. For Subnet Mark, type 255.255.255.0

f. Tap Wi-Fi Networks on top-left

g. Tap IPHONE-TETHER and make sure theres a check-mark on it

h. Click Home Button

i. Tap HandyLight

j. Tap Blue, Yellow, then Red

k. Tap Upper-right-corner of the red screen

l. Verify that you now have a purple screen

3. On Windows XP:

a. Open Safari for Windows

b. Click the Tools button on upper-right

c. Select Preferences

d. Click Advanced tab

e. Click Change Settings button

f. Click LAN Settings button

g. Un-select Automatically detect settigns

h. Select Use proxy server

i. Select Bypass proxy

j. Click Advanced button

k. Un-select Use the same proxy

l. For SOCKS: type 13.37.13.37 and Port 1337

m. Click OK, Click OK, Click OK

n. Close the Tools menu

o. Browse to http://www/google.com

p. Chances are this will not work on first try, since youll

notice that the Network Connections icon on System Tray

shows a red X. We need to get it to Connect first.

4. Troubleshooting

a. Repeat Step 2g by connecting to a different network,

then connect to IPHONE-TETHER

b. While doing so, monitor the Network Connections icon on

your System Tray. Once it connects (shows as green),

try to browse Google website again on Safari.


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c. You might have to click the Refresh icon several times

to get the page to load

d. Good luck!

edgarphin4:26 pm, July 21st, 2010

ive made a video on youtube to demonstrate how to set up handylight on windows 7 (:

edgarphin4:27 pm, July 21st, 2010

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4plVT26IuWU


5. To Force a Connect:

a. On iPhone: Tap Settings, tap Wi-Fi

b. Tap a Network OTHER-THAN IPHONE-TETHER

c. Verify that IPHONE-TETHER has no check-mark

d. Tap the IPHONE-TETHER until it has a check-mark

e. Note that On your Window XP Wireless Network List window, you ll

immediately notice that IPHONE-TETHER is now Connected

f. Click iPhone Home Button

i. Tap HandyLight

j. Tap Blue, Yellow, then Red

k. Tap Upper-right-corner of the red screen

l. Verify that you now have a purple screenm. On Windows XP, verify that Network Connections icon on

System Tray shows as connected

n. On Safari: browse to http://www/google.com or

click Refresh several times

o. The connection is not stable or persistent on Windows XP, so

you may have to do steps 5a-5n very quickly


TIP:

* Open a Command Prompt window and run this ping -t 13.37.13.37

It will keep the connection from failing. I ve actually tether-connected both my Windows XP

laptop and MacBookPro at the same time browsing the internet and performance was pretty

impressive.

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Nate6:05 pm, July 21st, 2010

@Shredrca Tethering for XP is not working. When added an IP address in step (p) under

Window Xp>>>> For IP Address: type 13.37.13.38>>>the IP only take 3 digit numbers, not

2>>>For example, i must add something like 113.137.133.38 for the computer to accept that

IP address. And also why is the win XP is given 13.37.13.38, while the iPhone was given

13.37.13.37 in the static tab and 13.37.13.37 in the Proxy for the Safari with port 1337?

Pleasee help!!

fastasleep7:34 pm, July 21st, 2010

@darksabre youre welcome. i did a little more searching and still havent found any

alternatives to proxifier, but since that seems to be working well ill just buy it.

JR8:57 pm, July 21st, 2010

I was finally able to set this up with the instructions from the earlier comments. Thanks

everyone!

Enda Vanyra
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9:29 pm, July 21st, 2010

Does anyone know how to obtain this app now that Apple has removed it?

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