Buh-Bye, Wi-Fi: How To Hack Ustream To View Streaming Video on 3G Network

When we first wrote about Ustream, the major news flash was (a) it was free, (b) it was House of Jobs approved, so you didn't need a pwned phone, and (c) it was available in time for the Presidential swearing-in.  What we DIDN'T know at the time was that it performed its video magic over Wi-Fi connections only. 

Or, to slightly paraphrase the Soup Nazi, "No 3G streaming video for you!"

Well, turns out there's a tweak to enable 3G vid-streaming in Ustream — and, irony of ironies, it DOES require a jailbroken iPhone with Cydia apps Mobile Substrate, OpenSSH, and VoIPover3G installed.  Got that?  Good!  Here goes nothing:

1. SSH into your iPhone and go to the root directory “/”
2. Navigate to /Library/MobileSubstrate/DynamicLibraries
3. With a text editor, open VoIPover3G.plist
4. Look for:

Filter = {Bundles = ("com.Fringland.Fring", "com.apple.AppStore", "com.audiofile.Interstate", "com.apple.MobileStore");};

Change it to:


Filter = {Bundles = ("com.Fringland.Fring",
"com.apple.AppStore", "com.audiofile.Interstate",
"com.apple.MobileStore", "tv.ustream.player");};

5. Save the changes you just made and upload the file back to its location: /Library/MobileSubstrate/DynamicLibraries
6. Now go to your springboard and delete the Ustream application. Reboot your iPhone and reinstall Ustream from the App Store.
7. Done!