iPhone file question

[Gylen]

Mods - feel free to move if you think this would be better in computers but I thought it might get a wider audience in P and P as it's sort of between computers and phones...

I'm just wondering if there's a short answer to how to share files between iPhone and Macbook?

I will be away for a few days out of wifi reception but will have a phone signal. I want to work on some documents of my laptop and then 'ping' these to my iPhone for emailing - is this possible?

Many thanks in advance...

[215cu]

I would imagine if you have bluetooth, you push files to the phone then mail them.

Not difficult.

[Gylen]

I would have imagined that too but you can't it would appear...

[CommanderJameson]

Not big, not clever, but email them to yourself and use your iPhone to read your mail.

[215cu]

What wonderful connectivity Apple provide.

Does the iPhone offers something so blisterly advanced as a USB charger cable from a laptop USB? If so, chances are, that's a data cable as well.

[CommanderJameson]

215cu said:

What wonderful connectivity Apple provide.

Does the iPhone offers something so blisterly advanced as a USB charger cable from a laptop USB? If so, chances are, that's a data cable as well.

Yep - in fact that's the only cable you get with it!

[Gylen]

CommanderJameson said:

Not big, not clever, but email them to yourself and use your iPhone to read your mail.

I can't do that either as without wifi, I can't email from the laptop. I'm creating the documents whilst away and want to be able to email them on whilst I'm there...

As for the data cable, it does have one but the iPhone doesn't appear as a mass storage device so not much use either...

[groucho]

Gylen said:

I would have imagined that too but you can't it would appear...

Has your laptop got bluetooth?

[Silverbullet767]

iPhone bluetooth is gimped, you cant really do anything with it other than connect to headsets.

[Gylen]

groucho said:

Gylen said:

I would have imagined that too but you can't it would appear...

Has your laptop got bluetooth?

Yep but iPhone Bluetooth is restricted to using handsfree headsets. No file sharing or anything...

[Gylen]

a quick bump for today's crew...anyone?

[road_rager]

there is an app that allows you to get at the iphone storage, makes it act as a drive, think I've seen it on the iphone store

[lost in espace]

Can you turn on the file storeage option to make your iphone a hard drive, like you can with an ipod? Its in itunes somewhere.

[Gylen]

road_rager said:

there is an app that allows you to get at the iphone storage, makes it act as a drive, think I've seen it on the iphone store

would that be 'files' or something? I saw that yesterday but both machines need to be connected to a wifi hub unfortunately...

[spants]

something like this perhaps?

http://www.intomobile.com/2007/09/17/use-your-ipho...


http://gizmodo.com/5027420/how-to-tether-your-ipho...

There is a program called "Air Sharing" on App store that may also be of use. It is free for a limited time

Tony

Edited by spants on Tuesday 9th September 11:55

[lord summerisle]

dont you have to put the files into Itunes, then sync em to the iphone...


i dont know. as i keep a fair distance from apples products... just i think thats how it was explained in one of those iphone vs HTC diamond threads (which might help on the searching on a solution... as i think it came up - the Diamond, you can just bluetooth it accross, or use a wifi, or just connect with a USB cable and look at the phone just like an external harddrive)

[Gylen]

spants said:

something like this perhaps?

http://www.intomobile.com/2007/09/17/use-your-ipho...

Edited by spants on Tuesday 9th September 11:55

Tony - this looks great! QUick question though, does this 'installer app' have any effect on the iPhone - it doesn't jailbreak it or damage it in any way do you know?

[ipwn]

yes iphone browser, google it.

Lets you access the iphone files like an external hard drive.

Wouldn't reccomend it if you don't know what you aer going though!

[spants]

you need to 'jailbreak' to install apps. It is not the same as unlocking and is reversible by doing a restore in iTunes.

The best way of getting 'jailbroken' is with 'Quickpwn' see the threads on hackint0sh.org for more help inc tutorials http://www.hackint0sh.org/forum/forumdisplay.php?f...

regards
Tony

(just to mention, I have not tried tethering my iphone as I don't need it...)

Edited by spants on Tuesday 9th September 12:27

[Gylen]

spants said:

you need to 'jailbreak' to install apps. It is not the same as unlocking and is reversible by doing a restore in iTunes.

The best way of getting 'jailbroken' is with 'Quickpwn' see the threads on hackint0sh.org for more help inc tutorials http://www.hackint0sh.org/forum/forumdisplay.php?f...

regards
Tony

(just to mention, I have not tried tethering my iphone as I don't need it...)

Edited by spants on Tuesday 9th September 12:27

Thanks Tony - I'll give these a read when I have a mo though I suspect it may be a little techy/scary for me - I'm a bit rubbish at things like this...