iOS5 and iphone :( - iOS5 and iPAD :)

[DavidTabor]

Hello.

For the past couple months I've had a WFT-W4a on my Canon 1Dm4 being able to live send small jpg via a mifi to an ipad using ShutterSnitch (SS). Worked really well in the field and was able to send live jpgs to my photodesk faster than anyone else. However, the mifi had a battery problem -- and after picking up a iPhone 4Gs, was hoping I could possibly forgo the mifi and IPad and just use the iphone version of SS.

However when I create a personal hotspot, i have no network showing in SS (SS - latest version, just downloaded the other day on iphone) although the camera does see the iphone hotspot. If I am on my office or home network, it will create an FTP on those networks but on a hotspot - it's not issuing an IP from what I can see. Any other device can connect to the hotspot and work fine - just nothing from the iOS5 iphone. I tried to manually enter a few IP addresses that were in the same string as what was issued by the iphone's hotspot but no luck either. As I want to mininimize gear in the field, I am hoping i don't require a third party wifi network (a mifi) to go between the iphone and WFT.

For the record, I can wifi the ipad to the network and SS will see the camera and transmit as long as the IPhone is the conduit between... but i just can't seem to get the phone to issue the IP if just the camera and iphone.

Any ideas?

[DavidTabor]

To add, I was just successfully able to create an ADhoc between the 1D4(WFT) and the Iphone which is a positive solution in the event i can't get the hotspot access to work.
Will need to test in field more.

[MadDawgJ]

The iPhone doesn't join the hotspot, it keeps using it's data connection and Apple doesn't allow data to go to the phone directly over the hotspot network. I'd recommend using the ad-hoc network, then switching back to the cell data network when you are ready to upload the images to the photodesk.

[TheBrew]

Hi David,

Looks like Apple's changed how the Personal Hotspot works in iOS 5.

The network will not be visible to ShutterSnitch (or any apps) until a device connects to it.

Now, since they've changed something, the current version (2.1.8 and the upcoming 2.1.9) won't detect the network once you enter a collection, and will tell you that there's no network connection ...although that's not actually true. So ignore that. There's a connection, and you'll be able to transfer photos. It's actually just a "visual bug". I'll be submitting version 2.1.10 that knows about the new Hotspot type, after 2.1.9 is approved.

You're problem right now, would be to find out what the iPhone IP is (the IP that you would normally see in the "Listening info"). On my phone it's 172.20.10.1 - it's probably the same on your side, so try that. If that's not it, you can try joining the iPhone Personal Hotspot from a computer and notice what the IP address the computer gets on that network. The iPhone IP will then be the same, but ending on .1

[LuzCapas]

So I just subscribed to "Personal Hotspot" on my iPhone which gives me wifi anywhere as long as I have the iPhone with me.

When I have "Personal Hotspot" turned on, ShutterSnitch does not detect that I have [Personal Hotspot aka WiFi] on or running in the background...

I was hoping that this app would detect that... Would be awesome if you could have ShutterSnitch detect Personal Hotspot in your next update!!

[MadDawgJ]

(edited above post to remove links to a web store)

If you are really having an issue please let us know, but as the post above your's states ShutterSnitch does work with iPhone's personal hotspot feature, however a device must be connected to it before it will broadcast the network. What devices are you using in your setup? (Camera, WFT, Eye-Fi Card, iPhone 4, etc.). What are the exact issues you are having?