iPhone T-Mobile Users! Keep Free Tethering!

[livlif]

If you have a JB iPhone and recently switched to tmobile or were using tmobile and updated your carrier settings so you can take advantage of LTE, 4g and visual voicemail you loose the ability to do personal hotspot. I had JB iPhone 5 with tether me installed. Once I updated my carrier settings the option to tether was gone. I could only use it if I contacted tmobile customer service. Long story short if you use the program ifile you can can remove this file and it will give you the personal hotspot option back. So awesome!

Download iFile or iExplorer and navigate to /private/var/Managed Preference/mobile and delete the com.apple.managedCarrier.plist file.

 

[aphexacid]

Very cool, good info

 

[ProudLoz]

Never delete, just rename the file. It'll do the exact same thing.

 

[RotaryP7]

Either way, free tethering is included on all T-Mobile data plans.

 

[aziatiklover]

Either way, free tethering is included on all T-Mobile data plans.

This! No need for jb to tether! 500mb as default for tethering on the unlimited data.

 

[darricksailo]

This! No need for jb to tether! 500mb as default for tethering on the unlimited data.

i don't think this applies to the people having unlimited data on unlimited data plans that are no longer offered (the ones that cost around $5-10)

 

[aziatiklover]

i don't think this applies to the people having unlimited data on unlimited data plans that are no longer offered (the ones that cost around $5-10)

Yea i meant on the new uncarrier plan!

 

[hexonxonx]

Either way, free tethering is included on all T-Mobile data plans.

Wrong.

I have the $70 unlimited plan and there is no tethering offered in my T-Mobile account page. On two other accounts, the $30 100 minute plans, tethering os offered for $15. None of these accounts includes 500MB free.

I believe the only plans that include free tethering is the post paid accounts.

 

[tslewis]

Either way, free tethering is included on all T-Mobile data plans.

No it is not. For unlimited 4g unshaven to be of a post paid plan not a pre. Spend a week going through hoops to get this.

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Wrong.

I have the $70 unlimited plan and there is no tethering offered in my T-Mobile account page. On two other accounts, the $30 100 minute plans, tethering os offered for $15. None of these accounts includes 500MB free.

I believe the only plans that include free tethering is the post paid accounts.

There is but you have to change from a pre paid plan to a post. I spent a week doing this.

 

[hexonxonx]

No it is not. For unlimited 4g unshaven to be of a post paid plan not a pre. Spend a week going through hoops to get this.

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There is but you have to change from a pre paid plan to a post. I spent a week doing this.

Well I don't need to change my unlimited to a post paid unlimited. I am using that account on a Nexus 4 which has tethering enabled straight from Google.

The two $30 plans, I am using on iPhones.

 

[bozzykid]

Well I don't need to change my unlimited to a post paid unlimited. I am using that account on a Nexus 4 which has tethering enabled straight from Google.

The two $30 plans, I am using on iPhones.

Tethering is enabled on the Nexus 4 because T-Mobile has no control over the device when bought from Google. That doesn't mean you have the hotspot feature enabled on your account.

 

[hexonxonx]

Tethering is enabled on the Nexus 4 because T-Mobile has no control over the device when bought from Google. That doesn't mean you have the hotspot feature enabled on your account.

True. There is no option for me to buy tethering on the unlimited account but I have been able to tether using this phone for the past three months on this account.

 

[Oyinko]

I can't find the file with iExplorer. And I don't know where to find iFile. Any idea?

 

[sparrky]

I can't find the file with iExplorer. And I don't know where to find iFile. Any idea?

Are you jailbroken? If not you can't access those files. Anyway, I did it and it didn't work at all. I'm on the prepaid $30 plan.

 

[oj in compton]

I am also unable to find this file, jailbroken on 6.1.0 with the carrier update. Strange.

 

[Kevin813]

6.1.2 tweaked a128 jailbroken. The "mobile" file is empty

 

[RotaryP7]

Wrong.

I have the $70 unlimited plan and there is no tethering offered in my T-Mobile account page. On two other accounts, the $30 100 minute plans, tethering os offered for $15. None of these accounts includes 500MB free.

I believe the only plans that include free tethering is the post paid accounts.

No it is not. For unlimited 4g unshaven to be of a post paid plan not a pre. Spend a week going through hoops to get this.

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There is but you have to change from a pre paid plan to a post. I spent a week doing this.

I meant post-paid accounts. Yes, the $70 M4G plan is not compatible with mobile hotspot. And those who had it cannot be grandfathered either.

 

[RetiredInFl]

Either way, free tethering is included on all T-Mobile data plans.

Does not apply to those with the UNLIMITED plan or those on a PREPAID plan with the new T-Mo iPhone 4 or 5.