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Or how to turn a phone into your ISP in under an hour*.

This is either an emergency guide, or moneysaving tip for the technically minded, depending on the situation.

You will need:

• some basic wits about networking
• a smartphone (iPhone/Android whatever) with a data plan – presumably you have that if you’re reading this… also, the guide has iPhone focus but the gist is portable.
• about an hour, and perhaps a little more time if you want to make it permanent

_{*if you’re already rooted/jailbroken}

No Rewire slave applications? Crashing when you click “Launch”? Exceptions coming out your earholes? You must be running some Windows x64 nonsense with that batshit DEP (Data Execution Prevention) enabled.

Let’s turn that curd off and get down to business…

Or how to force the issue when it comes to watching regionally restricted content. Oops, did I let slip a glowing endorsement of circumventing questionable legal barriers? No, this is all about freedom of information…