The EyeTV iPhone app is supposed to let you to stream media from a computer to an iPhone over a Wi - Fi connection , but it come with a little bonus that must ’ve slipped past Apple ’s approval process : streaming over 3G. Updated .
I do n’t even know if this can be called a “ backdoor ” with as easygoing as it is to short-circuit the “ Wi - Fi only ” warning on this app :
Tap the fine push button , and the app will act as if it ca n’t pick up broadcast . However , wiretap the schoolbook of the warning message alternatively , and the Eye TV app will stream live tv set over a 3 GiB connexion .
Easypeasy , and you might as well snatch up the app before Apple or AT&T react .
Update 1 : Looks like Apple reacted pretty quickly and yanked the app already .
Update 2 : There ’s a statement from Elgato , the folk behind the EyeTV app explaining what happened :
Some test codification that enabled alive TV cyclosis over the cellular meshwork was unexpectedly left in the the EyeTV App . Apple requested that we remove the code since their agreement with AT&T does not allow redirect telly signals over the cellular connection . The code was removed and a 1.0.1 interlingual rendition of the EyeTV app was submitted . We wait EyeTV to return to the App Store when the 1.0.1 version is approved .
Update 3 : Reader Tony wrote in to say that , while he could not download the EyeTV app through the iTunes connectedness , searching for it on the iPhone App Store allowed him to buy , download , and expend the app to swarm over 3 G without any return . Is anyone else capable to still get the 1.0.0 version like this ?
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