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USB tethering stopped working after iTunes 11.1 update

As soon as iTunes 11.1 installed on my MBP Lion, my phone stopped USB tethering. It can still use the Wi-Fi and Bluetooth personal hotspots but not the USB option. Updating to iOS7 didn't fix the problem.


Anyone else experiencing this? Got solutions? Thanks!

iPhone 4S, iOS 7

Posted on Sep 18, 2013 6:16 PM

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Posted on Sep 20, 2013 7:06 PM

The fix is to download "Kext Utility" (for ML http://cvad-mac.narod.ru/index/0-4


for SL Lion and other cats do a search, I used SL one.......


and run it, and drag and drop an OLD working "AppleUSBEthernetHost.kext" file... (http://www.mediafire.com/download/44rgtt5k6ot0t72/AppleUSBEthernetHost.kext.zip)


and it does its thing for a few minutes and fixes it.....


but you might want to shop around for the right AppleUSBEthernetHost.kext file that works if the above one doesnt...


I used 10.7 itunes one and it worked with itunes 11.1 and now I have USB tethering back as new....

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Sep 20, 2013 7:06 PM in response to l.lim

The fix is to download "Kext Utility" (for ML http://cvad-mac.narod.ru/index/0-4


for SL Lion and other cats do a search, I used SL one.......


and run it, and drag and drop an OLD working "AppleUSBEthernetHost.kext" file... (http://www.mediafire.com/download/44rgtt5k6ot0t72/AppleUSBEthernetHost.kext.zip)


and it does its thing for a few minutes and fixes it.....


but you might want to shop around for the right AppleUSBEthernetHost.kext file that works if the above one doesnt...


I used 10.7 itunes one and it worked with itunes 11.1 and now I have USB tethering back as new....

Sep 26, 2013 1:25 PM in response to robertfromsyd

I tried to drag and drop the OLD working kext file, but my Mac Air (2011) said that it didn't have an application to run it and install it. Left me wondering... and also wondering what and if Apple will do to fix this frustrating bug. Thanks for the help above, just wish i could get it to work. I already installed the cvad kext utility successfully, then attempted to install the OLD one. Any additional help on this matter would be appreciated, thanks again.

USB tethering stopped working after iTunes 11.1 update

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