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@github-actions github-actions released this 01 Oct 14:54
· 7 commits to main since this release
v0.2.2
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The menu bar tells it all. A grey mark while the phone is out of reach, the mark while the
hotspot is off, and once it is on, the phone's signal alone: iPhone-style bars with the network type
(5G, LTE, 3G, 2G, or Wi-Fi when the phone shares its own Wi-Fi). The mark blinks while the hotspot
goes on or off.

The menu bar icon without the phone, with the hotspot off and on, dark and light

New

  • Quick connect: a click on the menu bar icon turns the hotspot on or off; right-click (or
    Option-click) opens the window. Settings → Quick connect.
  • Network mode for the mobile data SIM, from the Mac or the phone: Auto, 5G, LTE, 3G or 2G. 5G keeps
    LTE as the anchor that non-standalone 5G needs and is offered only where the SIM allows 5G; Auto
    gives back exactly what the phone had before.
  • Signal for every generation: RSRP and SINR on 5G and LTE, RSCP and Ec/No on 3G, RSSI on 2G.
  • Use Android's hotspot settings: keep the name, password and band set in Android instead of
    Untether's own.
  • Stop Untether on the phone, from its notification or the app. It stays stopped, also after a
    reboot, until you start it again, and the Mac shows the phone gone at once.
  • The Mac app has an icon, and Cmd+Q quits it from the window.

Better

  • After the phone app updates, the Mac picks it up again in under a minute instead of up to three.
  • The DMG is no longer signed: macOS rejected the self-signed image before it even mounted.
  • Phone app sections fill the width.

Updating

  • Phone: install Untether-0.2.2.apk over 0.2.1; pairing and settings stay.
  • Mac: replace Untether in Applications with the one from Untether-0.2.2.dmg. It is self-signed,
    not notarized: on macOS 15 and newer open it once, then allow it in System Settings → Privacy &
    Security → Open Anyway     (on macOS 14 a right-click → Open is enough).
  • Update both: the Mac's new checks expect the phone's new 30 s heartbeat.

Play Protect may still block the APK as harmful. Its verdict is tied to the app's package on
Google's side, not to the code, and stays until Google reviews it. Tap Install anyway; the APK is
built by GitHub Actions straight from this repository.

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