Comments on: To Netshare or not?

By: Mack

Mack — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 11:56:01 +0000

I want to use my iPhone as a wireless modem. I’m on 02 in the UK and as far as I know this has nothing to do with AT&T. Having done some Googling, it seems my only option is to ‘jailbreak’ my iPhone and install a third party app? Can I still get netShare down to my Mac and install to iPhone from there as suggested above?

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Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:31:59 +0000

[...] algo perjudicial y unilateral y lo han sufrido en “equipo” propio, como por ejemplo Terry White, quiÃ©n habÃa decidido comprar la aplicaciÃ³n llamada NetShare en el Apple App Store por 9.99 [...]

By: Sumocat

Sumocat — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:15:59 +0000

Hey Terry, I repeated your disappearing act today. Tried to sync an app seconds after I downloaded it to my iPhone (only free for a limited time), and it got deleted from my iPhone. Thanks to your unfortunate example, however, I had the clarity of mind to re-download it, update my iTunes account, then re-sync. Worked even without switching to sync all apps. Sorry you got screwed on Netshare, but by sharing your story, you helped me avoid the same fate.

By: Alain

Alain — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:32:18 +0000

All this story confirm me that we should disconnect internet on our computer when we synchronize the iphone with itunes.
I won’t be surprised at all if we have one day the proof that apple can remove apps from our iphone without our consent, but logically, if we close the internet connection while we connect the iphone to itunes they shouldn’t be able to do it.
It’s a pity we have to do this, but full liberty have a price.

By: jiimiona

jiimiona — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 13:14:35 +0000

Very nice.

By: Terry White

Terry White — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:16:40 +0000

Oliver,
I didn’t press the issue. It was clear from the first email that the iTunes store reps didn’t have a clue as to what was going on (or weren’t allowed to speak about it).

By: Oliver

Oliver — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:44:17 +0000

Terry, did you try to press the issue with Apple support? I’d not have been satisfied with a refund.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:25:03 +0000

Terry (and readers, too):

I’m a reporter for the Associated Press, and was hoping you’d have a few minutes to talk with me today (Thurs 8/7) about disappearing apps and other Apple app store snafus. Please drop me a line – jmintz@ap.org

Best,
Jessica Mintz

By: Terry White

Terry White — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:12:21 +0000

Ed,
If the app shows up in iTunes in your Applications list (meaning that it sync’d it from your iPhone to your computer) then you’re probably safe. Also make sure that you have “All” Apps checked in the Applications Sync options. I noticed that after mine was gone, mine was on “Selected”Apps. Not that that should have made a difference as I’ve sync’d other apps purchased/downloaded on the iPhone back to the computer with that setting with no problem.

By: Terry White

Terry White — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:52:10 +0000

Phil,
Had I gotten that dialog box, I would have answered YES. But I was never given that chance. I’ll be the first to admit user error, but this is not one of those times.

By: Ed Holloway

Ed Holloway — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:51:30 +0000

Hey Terry -

I did what you did (bought via iPhone on Saturday, and Sync’d later in the week, after it was removed from store), and I still have it on my phone, working fine. Though I am now scared to sync again

I did try to ‘Check for purchases’ via iTunes later in the day on Saturday, to see if it would show up, but it never did.

I’m going to keep the “Sync Applications” disabled in iTunes until this all gets sorted out.

By: Phil Philmore

Phil Philmore — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:50:30 +0000

Oh, you bought it on your iPhone, not using your computer. That’s an important point. The first time you sync after purchasing it, you must answer YES when iTunes asks you if you want to copy it from your iPhone, to your computer. No evil plot here, just a user mistake.

By: Terry White

Terry White — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:52:43 +0000

Paul the Skeptic,
Let me try to clear it up for you.
1) Bought it on Saturday directly on the iPhone using the App store on the phone it self (not on my computer)
2) I set it up on the iPhone and tested it on Saturday. Which does NOT require it to be on the computer. So at this point it was never in the Applications list in iTunes on my Mac.
3) Sunday, it was gone from the App store (and still is) and I sync’d my iPhone with iTunes to get some new pictures on there there were on my computer.
4) iTunes removed Netshare from my iPhone.

Like I said, in a previous response. This was likely an issue of bad timing in my case. I realize that many of you still have the app on your iPhones which is great! Enjoy.

Hope that helps. Not sure how I can make it any clearer than that. By the way, what reason would I have for making this up (as your comment seems to suggest)?

By: Paul the skeptic

Paul the skeptic — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 10:24:45 +0000

Hmmm, first you say “I bought it. I experimented with it yesterday and while it wasnâ€™t perfect, it did work.” then in comments you say “I didnâ€™t attempt to sync my iPhone until Sunday AFTER the app was removed from the store. Which means it was never on my computer”

So what’s the real story?

By: vmarks

vmarks — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 23:43:47 +0000

Interestingly, I too purchased NetShare the second time it was available.
Afterwards, I updated to firmware 2.0.1, which involved syncing the phone with the computer.
NetShare remained on the iPhone after this install and sync.

I then read this post. I decided to test it by syncing over the USB cable again.

The iPhone backed up, synced, and returned to the home screen on the device. Again, NetShare is still present.

At no time did iTunes state that it was removing NetShare. NetShare remains in the Applications section of my iTunes.

I cannot explain why it remains on my phone but is removed from Terry’s.