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Tethering with cell phone
 

I am going out of town and would like to use my cell phone to tether and log in to my ebay/amazon. I used the ebay and paypal app before my account got banned. I never knew that using the app can create such a mess with linkage etc. Now, i want to tether my phone this weekend to check my sales on amazon and ebay. Would it be safe to tether my phone since I used the apps prior? Whats your guys suggestion.

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Tethering and Apps are two different things, you can use your phone to tether to your laptop, tablet. Make sure to log IP, etc.

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with the apps removed, it will be fine to use to tether.

no longer will you be able to use apps.

cheers

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Using you cell phone as a tether is perfectly fine - never reuse the apps or so ever again

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I use a cellphone. Be careful of the IP address - remember to power it down, wait a few seconds and then turn it back on to get a new IP.

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We have an excel spreadsheet on the forums to help track IP as a tool

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I was a long-time loyal android user just recently got an Iphone first one lol What's a good App to teather your mobile data not for e-commerce stuff but for when I'm trying to use a computer w.o internet

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Tethering works great. But don't forget to delete PP and EB apps from the phone before tethering.

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Not necessary because when you are tethering, all you are doing is sharing the wifi signals to other devices. No cookies or linkable data will be passed this way.

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Tethering should be built in but I think it depends on your carrier whether or not to have it activated (you can always jailbreak your phone if that's the case).

It's in Settings -> Personal Hotspot -> and just toggle the switch on. You can turn on airplane mode, then back off, to get a new IP.

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You don't need an app, it's built into the iPhone. Goto settings, Personal hotspot and set a password for the wifi.

Search the wifi name (usually name of your phone) on your laptop/lablet and connect wirelessley with said password. You can also tether just using the supplied USB cable too.

Don't need to turn on/off either, just flick flight mode on for 10 seconds, turn it off and you'll have a new IP.

There are plenty of network apps (fing for example) to scan the local network which will also show your IP