Since my iphone is a company phone, jailbreak was never an option. I'm surprised to see the amount of terrible "tether your iphone by jailbreaking it" guides there is out there. I suppose at some stage there was no decent driver in sight. ANyway, this is how you tether the iphone by installing third party compiled binaries.
First we add the third party repository and update the apt cache (this has security implications, so don't cry if your wall paper suddenly changes to tubgirl):
First we add the third party repository and update the apt cache (this has security implications, so don't cry if your wall paper suddenly changes to tubgirl):
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:pmcenery/ppa
sudo apt-get update
Then we install the required modules (accept the dependencies):
sudo apt-get install gvfs ipheth-utilsThis will install and insmod the ipheth driver. Make sure that internet sharing is enabled on your iphone and plug it in. It should show up as a wired connection. If something went wrong check your dmesg. I have experience timeouts on TX which caused it not to initialize. Replugging did the trick.
