Everything you need to know about iPhone internet tethering:
Internet tethering on the iPhone has a lengthy history. (For those who don’t know what internet tethering is, it basically allows you to connect to WiFi or 3G on your laptop through your iPhone by turning your iPhone into a “modem”.) There was once an application in the iTunes App Store called NetShare. The app appeared, disappeared, then appeared again, and finally disappeared for good. It was a shock to see a tethering application make it to the App Store after Apple intentionally left tethering out of the iPhone package. Go here and here to read more about NetShare. More after the fold.
Netshare
There have since been several jailbroken alternatives to enable iPhone tethering. PdaNet, made by June Fabrics, has been available for Palm OS, Windows Mobile, and jailbroken iPhones for a long time. Since the jailbreaking phenomenon, PdaNet has been one of the most downloaded applications in Cydia through the ModMyI depository.
Go here to read more about PdaNet, and here to learn about other useful jailbroken iPhone applications.
PdaNet
Fortunately for us iPhone users, applications like PdaNet will no longer be necessary, because full (legit Apple built) internet tethering is now available on the iPhone OS 3.0. PdaNet is one of many applications that have become obsolete since the release of iPhone OS 3.0.
The new iPhone OS 3.0 was released today, but was installed by many users last week thanks to the torrent leak of the iPhone OS 3.0 Golden Master. The new firmware is great, and offers many excellent new features.
The problem is, however, that due to AT&T’s incompetence, internet tethering and MMS messaging will not be available to 3.0 users until the end of the summer at best. The reason that tethering is delayed is because AT&T is still trying to form some kind of a pricing plan (to maximize the amount of money they rob from you.)
Allegedly, the pricing plan we’re most likely to end up with is $70/month for unlimited tethering. Something tells me only 7 people in all of America would actually pay $70/month for tethering. Hopefully AT&T will realize that.
All that aside, someone has created an amazing way to activate internet tethering on your iPhone 3.0, today!
Screenshots of my iPhone tethering in action:
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1. Install iPhone 3.0:
Get On With iPhone 3.0: Download and Install Now
2. Go to http://tr.im/oS1h
On your iPhone, in the Safari browser, go to the following website: http://tr.im/oS1h
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3. Go to Mobileconfigs and download
Press Mobileconfigs. Find your country, select your provider, and press download.
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4. Press Install and Confirm
The message reads: “IMPORTANT: The authenticity os “US AT&T” cannot be verified. Installing this profile will change settings on your iPhone.” Changing settings is exactly what we’re trying to do. Confirm with “Intall Now”.
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5. Go to Settings>>General>>Network>>Internet Tethering
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7. Bluetooth or USB
Decide how you’d like to tether. Follow the instructions on the screen (it’s almost automatic).
WARNINGS:
- AT&T could be charging you. Nobody knows.
- Do this at your own risk.
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txs, works perfect.
You are the beast…
i mean…
the best !!!
G.
awesome… thanks. took 2 minutes to set up w/ mac & is way faster than i would have expected.
My mac & iphone would not pair!
If my provider is not in the list how can I get it to work ?
I did try to enable tethering by applying different profile ( )
and the tethiring option appears under network but as soon as I change the network Data settings it just diapears !? does this mean that my service provider should do something to support the feature !?
Does this not work on the original iPhone? I can’t get anything to pop up that says “Set up Internet Tethering” in the Network settings and I followed instructions exactly! However, a “profiles” box did pop up inside the General folder. PLEASE HELP!!
I heard that doing this disables the MMS feature on your carrier, is it true? Thanks.
Couldn’t find the carrier “Claro” for the Dominican Republic only Orange.
does this work on 1st gen iphone? tried it and i do not get the tethering feature after installing the file
This, along with other ways, doesn’t work on the original iPhone. Apple disabled it purposely to make people upgrade. I have been searching all day to find how, but no one knows. This makes me very disappointed. Not only does AT&T not want us doing this yet, apple doesn’t want us on older iPhones to do this at all.
Excellent! It works perfectly for me. Simple and efficient. just what I was looking for:-)
Thanks you verrrry much!
Bit confused.
Followed instructions but when I try to connect using the handset icon on the top bar the mac says it ‘cannot open the communcations device”.
I’ve used tethering before with a nokia phone and had to import settings into internet connect. I can’t find any relevant options in the pull down list
An I doing something wrong here??
Install went fine. Where is this drop down for network services? I have tried on a MAC and on Windows. Not sure what steps are needed to use the tethering. Can anyone share their experience on usage Please
Thank You so much!
Is it possible to uninstall this once I installed it??
Yes, you go into settings->General->Profile->Remove
guess i’ll try it with usb connection!
We will do the post on how to restore carrier file without restoring iphone
Well I was able to download the profile but I cant use it because I’m a pick your plan user. So when I set this up with a contract that is if I get the money together sometime this century I try it again.
i’m in the uk.
02 (the carrier here) already offer internet tethering for ¬£15 a month as a ‘bolt on’ to the basic contract (for a 3gb allowance)
Does anybody know if this will bypass the 02 ‘bolt on’ purchase?
Also, in the UK, the options are for usb or bluetooth connections not wifi, is this correct? and will this patch allow me to use wifi?
cheers
It didn’t work for me. The Profile section showed up but I can’t find the settnigs for tethering after the install.
Anyone have the same problem and a fix?
does anyobody know if this is adding additional fees yet? I really want to know because i dont want my phone bill shooting up to like $800. What if you have unlimited data on the plan?
Unlimited is not unlimited, therefore use this method as experimentation and in emergencies only, or find wifi and tether that way.
Well I do apparently have unlimited data so that isn’t a problem.. But the tethering itself. Does that cost money you think?
The process regarding the phone settings are fine, but my phone doesn’t show up in network on my mac… I’m running 10.4.11 if this helps?
Does anybody know if this only works on leopard?
I have literally tried everything on my mac with no success, the phone shows up as normal in iTunes but there’s nothing anywhere to get the tethering to connect…
um… what am I doing wrong?
When will that post be available? Because I would really like to get this off my phone now.
yes you can and its easy!
go in sttings
-then general
–then scroll down to profile
—then click the red button that says “remove”
that should do it
hope i helped!
no, this will only work with bluetooth or usb.
usb is better anyways cuz it charges and send the info at the same time.
this way it doesnt get as hot cuz when you use wifi two radios are working. the 3G and wifi.
usb doesnt require wifi so theres only one radio going (3G). this means you get better battery life!
yes apple says it will only work on 10.5.7
-just another way for ppl to upgrade so they get more money.
i did this. tethering works great. using it right now, but i hope it doesnt start charging me because i already have a huge data plan as it is. also i haven’t gotten MMS to work. anyone out there have it working without jailbreaking?
great job!
Thanks a lot!!
I had it working just fine on a iphone G3 the night before I got a new iphone G3s. I have been unable to get it to work on the new phone. I have even done a complete restore without doing a backup from and older backup (manual) Still no dice. Is there some problems with the new 3Gs and this software profile.
Actually Lucas, you are making a false assumption that Apple did this to purposely make people upgrade. It’s actually a limitation of Edge. You won’t be able to receive calls if your original iPhone is tethered and the performance would be dismal. They made a balanced decision to not spend time designing a solution for this case. I would have done the same as a practical business decision. It’s not just to make you upgrade. However, you are welcome to be very disappointed and upset as long as you know you are choosing this response.
I have installed it and it works well, but if I want to uninstall it what would be the procedure!?
Thanks
you have to manually update carrier file ( you will write a guide for that), or just do restore from itunes, make sure to back everything up
I followed exactly the instructions, selected provider KPN Mobile from the Netherlands. However, there is no option ‘Set up internet tethering’ under ‘Settings>>General>>Network’. Any idea what is wrong?
Great, it works great and fast too.
Holy Crap. It works. i’m just going to use it for browsing though. I don’t want to raise any flags by downloading tons.
Easy to install and works on my Macbook fine. Followed instructions step by step. Took 2 minutes. WOW. THANKS!!!!!
is there a chance that i could use the iphone’s wifi connection? i fried the wifi card on my laptop due to overheating and would like to be able to still use wifi around the house by using the iphone as an “external wifi card”…please shoot me an email or suggest some solution envolving my iphone instead of a usb wifi dongle….thanks
jorge.cornet@hotmail.com
Awesome , excellent job!!
I’m pretty sure usb tethering will work with any machine running itunes 8.2
Worked perfect for me. ATT in the USA. Took about 3 minutes and connected with USB cable. You guys rock. Hope ATT does not bill me for this.
Anybody know the steps to configure on a windows box? Download and install were succesful but am having trouble tethering through windows.
Nothing works with iPhone 3G 16 GB System French – Operator Orange French …
I repeat handling 5 or 6 times …
I have even more access to the 3G after installation? Agrrr….
Rien ne fonctionne avec iPhone 3G 16 Go Syst√®me Fran√ßais Op√©rateur Orange…
J’ai refais la manipulation 5 ou 6 fois…
Je n’ai m√™me plus acc√®s a la 3G apr√®s l’installation ? Agrrr…
SOS … thank
This screws up visual voicemail.
Hi, have you done post to restore carrier file.If so can you please advise where it is.
Thanks
Install worked fine but when you click on the “Set Up Internet Tethering” I receive a pop-up that says “To enable tethering on this account, contact AT&T.
Looks like AT&T has put a halt to this. Sure hope they get this ready for the masses soon and that I can check it out without breaking the bank.
Connecting through Windows must require some additional settings. Something that would make the phone recognize a USB input as your WiFi antenna. What’s the trick? Any guidance on how to do this? Or can I only do this on my Mac laptop?
If I can do it on my home PC, I might be able to kiss cable goodbye.
will AT&T be charging me for tethering if i turn it on
Same problem… Help!!
AMAZING
I hope they don’t disable this.
I would love this feature. I downloaded and installed it per instructions, appeared to work.
BUT – AS ONE USER SAID EARLIER, IT DISABLED VOICE MAIL. I NO LONGER RECEIVE VOICE MAIL MESSAGES. NOT GOOD!!
Any tips for restoring voice mail capability (more important than internet tethering to me), and/or uninstalling this thing?
you people saying you lost SMS or VVM are retarded. It clearly says in the directions @ “MMS/VVM Problem:
If you want to use tethering you have to install a Mobileconfig. If MMS or VVM stops working on your official iPhone Provider Device, go to:
Settings > General > Reset > Reset Network Settings
After the short reset you can MMS, use the Voicemail AND you have Tethering enabled.
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i downloaded this today on a 3gs and it was flawless. didnt lose MMS or VVM even for a second.
After I do all this if if dont work can I restore back to my original iphone settings
This may not be “answerable” here but maybe…
I am able to tether my phone to my PC laptop with win xp pro VIA bloothooth perfectly. Excellent!
What I can not do is get the computer to even see the phone other than as a camera when plugged in via USB. Anyone know how I get the computer to see it as a usb device and thus use it as the network adapter??
Thanks
Ryan
figured I would add to this if anyone sees it…
I can’t get it to work on my windows xp pro machine…it recognized the device as an ethernet device for a moment. But it doesn’t seem to be available anymore.
On my win 7 rc machine it was plugged in and INSTANTLY tethering. I didn’t even want it to but it just worked with no effort. Win 7 is amazing.
Ok… how do you get this to work with Ubuntu 9.04?
any updates on the AT&T charges?
Yes or no. Does AT&T Charge somehow for this? Can they find out?
yep, they can find out if you download 10gb file and streaming music …
But if you use it in case of emergency, on need to use basis you may be fine.
Keep in mind, bandwidth is not unlimited on iPhone $30 plan, I think it’s 2GB.
Also, go into your account and see how much data you are using, if you are using 60mb month after month and you went to 500mb, obviously you are tethering.
repeating answer from before: yep, they can find out if you download 10gb file and streaming music …
But if you use it in case of emergency, on need to use basis you may be fine.
Keep in mind, bandwidth is not unlimited on iPhone $30 plan, I think it’s 2GB.
Also, go into your account and see how much data you are using, if you are using 60mb month after month and you went to 500mb, obviously you are tethering.
When following the guide to tether my Jailbroke 3g phone I did as was recommended and went to Settings/General/Reset and chose Reset Network Settings. Don’t know whether anyone else has noticed this but the sluggish response time my phone displayed thanks to the Jailbreak all but disappeared after the reset. Nice, crisp response again. Sweet! Now if it starts getting sluggish again I will simply repeat the reset.
any one got any news on whether or not we’re getting caught by O2?
Holy shit, this works good! Bad ass
Hey everyone, if you’re wondering about the Data Plan really being unlimited you might be interested in my post on my blog “Nerdom.” I talked directly with AT&T about it and it might answer your questions a bit more.
Thanks
Link:
PS – It works with the latest update of iTunes which currently is 8.2.1 with no problems of syncing our anything.
Mitch – does this still disables visual voicemail?
Some people have said that it disables it, however if you reset your network settings under the “General” app on your iPhone it should be fine. You’ll just have to re-input your wireless networks and passwords if you have any saved. It’s not too difficult. There’s a couple posts in here that explain how to do that so I won’t restate what they said (But by following them, it should be fine).
did you ever get charged
wowww thank you so much this is very helpful =]
Did the steps worked fine on my buddies laptop, but when i try to hook it up to mine i cant get the tethering to start. Ive tried everything any one else have/had the issue and got it working. Thanks.
Was anybody able to use any port other than 80 with tethering? It does terminates connection in 5 secs on mine with AT&T.
I think it’s because it only works if you have a Wi-Fi connection or on the 3G network so to me I think it doesn’t.
Laptop with XP required me to download/install iTunes inorder to recognize the tether/work. Darn FAAAAAST using 3G…sweet.
Thanks for the great info!
Alex
Works Beautifuly on my Vista computer and iPhone 3Gs (w/At&t) Took 1 min to set it up!!!
Lucho, did the iPhone connection just show up when you plugged in the USB or connected via Bluetooth? I’m also on AT&T. I got it to work with my XP maching but doesn’t work on Vista. Any suggestions? Thanks.
Yeah, first I turned “on” tethering on the iPhone, then I plugged it to my Vista Laptop via USB, vista asked me If I trusted a new network it detected automatically, I did and that was it. Amazingly Fast and easy to use. Good Luck to you! And BIG thanks to BenM at & the person who wrote this article. I love this!
has anyone had success using the classic iphone with this?
Why would AT&T charge you for wireless tethering? everyone is paying there phone bill each month, and the tethering should just count as using the web for no additional fee. just like safari is already on the iphone.
Got it, works great! So much quicker than Safari on the iPhone, but duh, my MacBook Pro has a faster processor than the iPhone. =) Absolutely brilliant. Thanks for sharing. Now I just gotta make sure I don’t go overboard with it.
You’d think that tethering would just be part of the unlimited data plan. But before I became an iPhone user I had a windows mobile smart phone with AT&T service. I paid $30/month for unlimited data on the phone. I had to pay an additional $30/month in order to tether the WM phone to my laptop (via USB only) and use it as a modem. This is not an iPhone issue, this is AT&T attempting to collect additional tethering revenue from everyone.
It’s too easy. Just plug the iPhone into a USB port and you have another network interface (provided you followed the install instructions properly)
Couldn’t make bluetooth work but after poking around on the net I found several tethering sites that claimed it wouldn’t work with unibody MacBooks for some reason. Can anyone confirm that you have it working with new macbook hardware?
Love It!!!!!! bluetooth is working SWEEEEEET!!
yes it works on window 7 and leopard
Dude this is so true. I think there should be some sort of patetion in for that exact explination why would someone pay for the tethering when we already pay for an Internet and data service each month and the fact that yes we have safari on the iPhone. It just doesn’t make sence to charge someone twice for something that’s already there and being charged for. You pay $30 for Internet and data so !?! It’s sensless dude your right.
I use the tethering all the time. So far, I’ve never been billed. But, if AT&T does bill me, I’ll fight it tooth and nail. I am paying for “UNLIMITED” DATA service, aren’t I?
Thank you for posting these instructions. My cable and internet have been out at home for the past 6 days and I was really needing to keep up with things. It worked like a charm.
(of course now there seems to be an AT&T data outage in my area this morning, but aside from that it’s great)
hm. i’m runing osx 10.5.7 and it’s not working. i see the new connection set up and all looks fine on the iphone but i can’t get on any website – tried google and yahoo for example. i tried posting the settings here in a previous comment but it was deleted. the dns looked like it hooke up an attwireless.net domain so that even looked good. anyone have a similar issue? i had airport turned off and the new connection said “connected”. anyone?
Im jealous. I have the same setup as you but mind did not go as well as yours. iphone is tethering but cant find the iphone in networks. Please help
Tried it and when I go to the settings and swith tethering on, it’s telling me that I must contact AT&T if I want to enable tethering.
Curious to know if you updated to 3.0.1 before doing this tethering hack. Please let’s know.
I bought the phone last weekend and havent updated it yet and my iTunes says that the phone has 3.0
Just tried it gain while plugged into the USB and it didn’t have the message. But I still haven’t tried to actually use it yet.
I just did it it works good i hope i can get something similar to make my MMS work
Im in Japan and I use the Softbank carrier, but after gettingg the correct one, i get ‘setup internet tethering’ and it saids to contact my carrer. Whats up?
I get this too :S hmm.. Im softbank in Japan though..
I get that message too, im in Japan and use Softbank though. And im using 3.0.1
Hi, do you have the settings for TELCEL carrier in Mexico?
not sure if the iphone update altered usb usability, however when i plug my tethered iphone into the USB, my macbook does not instantly recognize it as a network. Any ideas? right now tethering only works with usb on my macbook.
I can’t get it to work on my win XP pro. Can yo uprovide any help?
I have it installed on my 3G, I use Windows XP pro. I saw a connection in Network cconnections called Apple ethernet device. It looked active but I could not get IE to connect to the internet. What else do I need to do?
I want to upgrade my phone to the newer 3.0.1 update. Will teathering still work after this update?
I’ve used this tethering solution with 3.0.1, it’s OK. I initially had a problem setting up the network on my computer, but I restarted the phone and then everything worked.
WORKS GREAT NO PROBLEMS!!!!!!
YOU HAVE TO SETUP THROUGH ITUNES PROGRAM AND IT AUTOMATICALLY INSTALLS THE NECESSARY FILES TO GET YOU CONNECTED THROUGH THE IPHONE WITH INTERNET TETHERING. E-Mail if you have any problems.
no sadly o2 have u directed from the set up tether to their bolt ons and as u know its pricy!¬£2 a day on mobile internet is the best they offer 4 us pay as u go crew!shame as it would of saved me buying a 3g stick….also no option 4 wifi as its basiclly just 3g mobile(dongle)hence plug in,or blu tooth!hope that helped u a bit
It works have the update on my pone and my wife has the old 3.0 and both connect fine
anyone get a bill yet?
Tried installing profile and everything went fine. Went in to tether and the ethernet adapter did not appear in my network setting. Created a new location and restarted the machine and this time (after trying to tether) a green dot came up next to en5 and it said self assigned IP. It is obviously connecting to something, but when I try to access the internet it doesn’t load anything (just a no connection screen).
iPhone 3.0.1
iTunes 8.2.1
M.B. Pro (old gen)
U.S.A.
Help?
I have the unlimited AT&T data plan as part of my Iphone 3GS. If I tether will I be charged for the data usage?
Figured it out:
tethering this way DOES NOT WORK if you have PDAnet with the wireless router enabled. If you have a jailbroken phone and PDAnet DISABLE the wireless router.
From my tests the native tethering (doing it this way) is easily 10 times faster than PDAnet in my area
To see if you are billed or not check you online account with your service provider. I just talked to att rep. online and they said they don’t offer this setup and they said they are going to have this feature in the future. So if you have the unlimited plan on your Iphone, you will not be charged. I checked my online billing account and I don’t see any rise of charges. Don’t worry about over charges. I reall really encourage you to do this. ENJOY!
Worked like a charm. We’ve enabled it on two MacBook Pro’s and one Windows XP desktop. Instructions were direct and accurate. Thanks a million – heading on a remote vacation and needed this .
Everything worked great through the phone but can’t seem to figure out the computer part. I have a new Acer netbook. What steps do I need to take to launch the iphone as a modem and get hooked up to the internet. Can anybody help me with this?
works fine for my phone
My tethering did not work with 3.0.1. Wish I had known, I would not have upgraded.
A reset of my iphone fixed it up.
So do we know how to uninstall it yet? I dont want to do this hack and be billed another $15 a month and not be able to uninstall it.
Yes John,
I am running OS 3.0.1 on a windows 7 PC and it’s tetheering is working as a charm.
Thanks to whomever has taken time to put this together.
I can’t pair this successfully with my Vista…. I get to the point where I enter the PIN into my phone but then Vista says it needs to find and install a driver for the device, and cannot find one. The iPhone bluetooth icon is not connected, and the computer shows up on the bluetooth devices list but also says “Not Connected”. Does anyone know how to pair iPhone with Vista (Dell)?
It took me less than 2 minutes to enable tethering in my ATT US iPhone. Best hack I have ever made in my life. Worked perfect (and amazingly fast) running Vista, latest iTunes soft, USB mode and OS 3.0.1.
After you install it, its as simple as plug the USB cable and you’re on!
Thanks everybody involved in this to make it available
FYI, after the intall I did reset the network connection as recommended. Havent had any issues with VM, calls, SMS, etc. Everything is fine…
Has any one gotten charged for this yet?
The update to 3.0.1 AFTER the hack for sure works. Don’t know about updating and then hacking.
I think you are missing what this connection is describing. It is the conection between the computer and the phone, not the internet conection. that will be whatever you have the phone set to send and recieve from in the “Settings” and “Wi-Fi”tab.
AT&T must’ve caught on… a dialogue popped up and said to contact At&t to setup tethering… oh well.
Worked perfectly!
Thanks,
Patrick
Do you have bluetooth turned on both sides (computer and phone)? You have to connect the two.
Has anyone actually checked their bill to see if they have been charged? And could you let me know if you have.
Wondering if i connect this to a desktop can I get a wifi speed connection if the iphone is connected to wifi or will it only be my 3g speed connection?
i did and it worked fine!!
So has anyone been billed yet for tethering? I have a little office that I have been waiting for tethering because I dont use it enough to get an internet provider and it would be cheaper with AT&T, but they are slow. If this doesn’t cost me anything and I don’t get in trouble with AT&T, then I want to do this. Any billing or troubles with AT&T thus far?
I got the 3.1 update that this process doesn’t work. I really want it, can anyone help?
Oops, did upgrade to iphone 3.1 before knowing about it disabling tethering. Desperately needed for work reasons now I’m screwed. Anyway to back out upgrade or can it been done by folks at an Apple Store (they probably would say it can’t be done).
Will you be finding a way to make this work with 3.1 OS?
Any simple way to revert to 3.0? until 3.1 works
if you find a way let me know
I just did this and it works perfectly. After i did the download i did a reset of the network settings and viola! Tethering and VVM!! Should mention that I am on OS 3.0.1. Have not upgraded yet to 3.1.
Hope this is helpful!
The 3.1 iPhone update blocks Teathering. So if you want to keep it, then don’t update. However by not updating you can’t organize your apps through iTunes. Lame.
By the way, it doesn’t brick your iPhone or anything, it just deletes that ability from your network settings.
Ahhhhhh, now is there anything for 3.1?
Ever since the new iTunes 9 and the updated OS 3.1 came out, my internet tethering option was gone!!! No matter how many times I run the above procedure, there simply isn’t “internet tethering” option under “setting” “general” “network”.
Any help???
it’s working perfectly on mine!! thank you so much – very fast connection and first time i’ve been able to get any internet here in our remote area…
however, my partner has an older computer with Mac OS 10.4.11 and we can’t get it to work on hers – all software is updated (itunes, etc..) – any suggestions, or do you have to have the newest OS on a Mac?
thanks!
hey!! so i did this, and it worked lovely, got my bill and no problems. Then i updated and it was gone. Im going to see if i can get it back, but was wondering, has ANYONE gotten charged on this?!?
not that i know or
So if you want MMS for the ATT&T network you can’t use tethering? Does anyone know if someone found out how to get around this yet? ATT&T finally allows MMS and now I can’t get tethering
It stopped working for me as of last week. It was working fine before that. I have tried re-installing this mobile config file many times but with no success. Anybody else have the same problem?
For non-US users, step 1 should be to go to Settings>>General>>Network before installing any Mobileconfigs file. If you, like me, live in a country where the service providers aren’t sitting on their arses trying to figure out how to get rich off tethering, it should already be on your phone. I spent ages trying to figure out why Internet Tethering didn’t appear in my Network settings after installing the Mobileconfigs file. Turns out it reappeared as soon as I removed the profile…
I downloaded and installed the profile, but the tethering option is not showing up in the Network area under Data Roaming (as like in the above screenshots). I am on version 3.1. Does this only work for 3.0?
Disregard my message….just saw all the other posts regarding 3.1.
Works great for me,hope AT&T desnt charge me for this,and if they do,I will fight to death,cuz I’m paying for unlimited data plan no matter how I use the data or bow many I consume,unlimited is unli
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I just installed it, but Tethering is not showing up on my setting screen.
May not work with 3.1.2 iPhone 3G
This will NOT WORK with 3.1.2 Iphone software update
just tried it and like others with the 3.1.x updates I too am screwed. Come on AT&T, stop working on your strategy for screwing me over and just get it over with.
My iphone is running the 3.1.2 software. I followed the instructions and yet still when i go to settings>general>network…..the tethering option is not even shown. i can see the us at&t profile but it doesnt seem to work?
To uninstall Settings->General->Profile remove.
tried this and did not work for me as there is no providers listed for australia. any updates would b muchly appreciated
man, you are fantastic! thanks. i tried doing all this too late to actually see the tethering in action.
I’m not sure what’s wrong here, but I followed the instructions (easy), enabled tethering (this is a 3.0), and the iPhone (or anything related) network is not showing up in my windows wireless networks…this phone is jailbroken, but that shouldn’t be an issue right? Every step worked except detecting the iPhone as a wireless network…any comments?
did ATT bill you for doing this?
same problem… what’s going on??? please can somebody help us?
Thanks
can someone tell me if AT&T is going to charge you for tethering . If they do charge or they don’t charge can you email me at gautam.narang98@gmail.com
thanks a lot
i have the same problem. alan.eoff@gmail.com
Hi all, I need help. My phone is jb but for some reason the Internet tethering option is gone. I even tried using the create service provider from BenM. But it’s not working. Does anyone know if u need iTunes on your pc to make it work?? New netbook. Pls help!
By the way , I’m on 3.1.2. And my service provider is not in the list because Malaysia is not in the list. Do I need to reset my phone?? Or use iphonemodem app? Any suggestions? U can also email at suzana.jamil@gmail.com.
Does this still work? I downloaded the program but I don’t have anything that says tethering in my settings under network
. I have the newest (I think) iTunes and also firmware on my iPhone 3G….any help?
Also what is visual voicemail? I know what voicemail is but VVM???? Sorry I am NOT good with computers
VVM is the service on the iphone where you do not have to call for VM but it just appears on the iphone and you can listen to it right away. Simply VM sent your iphone so you do not have to call for it.
Ahhhhh thanks!
did theay charge u???????????????//
There is no tethering available on my iphone…I went to Network etc but nothing there says enable tethering.
*sigh* I am sick of AT&T and Apple.
After I upgraded to the latest 3.1.2, it doesn’t want to work anymore. I think Steve Jobs had only an excuse to say the 3.1.2. will prevent others from hacking your phone to update without telling us he will block the free tethering method.
Is there a way on unblock the iPhone without Jailbreak it? Yes, I’m new to this. Why asking is to add a South African sim card in it to use it there visiting friends to prevent paying these huge bill when coming back.
Any help will do.
Henning Ras
henning.ras@gmail.com
Has as anybody been able to make this work with the 3GS in the US?
I’ve done this for o2 in the uk. But the options have gone to the the feature on. I’m running 3.1.2 is this why??
Cheers
im getting “invalid profile error” and i have not updated more than the 3.0 software?
Works flawless here. But not the first time. I had to fill in my providers password and login again to enable Tethering, now it works beautiful. So many thanks ! This is an iphone3g connected via vodafone in the Netherlands with the latest official Apple software.
Btw. if I upgrade my OS via Applestore I always lose my voicemail settings and network settings, its just a matter of filling it in. Here are the instruction for enabling voicemail:
You need to first get your carrier’s voicemail number.
-Click on your iPhone’s phone button.
-Then click on the Keypad tab.
-You need to then add the following code: *5005*86*xxx#. Here xxx would be your voicemail number.
-After entering the code you tap call.
-This results in the code being set.
-Thats all, tap now on the voicemail button and it should automatically call your usual voicemail service.
I go to the website specified in the manual, choose USA and AT&T, and when I click download I get a message saying “Invalid profile. Profile format not recognized”. Does anyone know what I may be doing wrong? Thanks!
When I choose the carrier, and hit download, it says “Invalid Profile. Profile format not recognized.” Anyone know what this means and how to get past it???
When I try to download, it says I have an invalid profile?
I think once at&t finds an expensive suitable pricing plan and has the bandwidth power to allow tethering on the iPhone, it could well be possible.
Just tried it on the 3GS and it failed to install. Getting “profile format not recognized”. Anyone any ideas?
hello rd, does your phone set up the internet tethering, cuz i have the same problem, mms work fine but only this.
anyone can help me out
thank you so much
hello, anyone can help me setup internet tethering, i did follow all the info and finally the phone has cellular data network, n mms pics is working but only can’t setup tethering keep tell my to contact att.
please help me
thank you so much
This article is old. This method was only supported with 3.0. This loophole was “fixed” by an apple update shortly after 3.0 was released and this loophole was pasted all over the Internet.
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I use it on ocasion – no charge and no problem.
I installed but there is no tethering preference pane.
PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hi I live in Chile and it´s not listed when you have to select your country, so I generated my own and filled in Carriername but I don´t know what is APN or User and Password. Can I still use Internet tethering?
my 3g interenet went down , no i have no internets on my mobile phone telephone,,, buschnitch
no it dosent, its work with 3g 3gs 4g
does this work with ios4
I have this too… Took a while to get the tethering option to show but now my heart’s broken since all that work for nothing!!!
What’s all this about nonunlimited data? I thought it was only recently that they set up tiers for data… To the best of my knowledge, if you got the $30/month unlimited before the tiers, you’re grandfathered in for unlimited. But also note though that AT&T ruined all this by when clickingthe set up tether, it has a small window saying to call or go to your account to set up tethering, so no more free tether…
it wants a passcode to install. do we have that?
The ” Set Up Internet Tethering” option doesn’t come up on the Network tab
any hope nigerians using an iphone will this work in africa waiting thnkx