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iPhone Tethering and MMS Hacks Surface

BrownManUPS said:
For those of you who have been watching the iPhone threads, I have been trying hard to get the MMS working, but I couldn't get it to work.

I just want to warn everyone that: group texting will not work if you don't get mms fully working and tethering may be an additional charge, as it shows up differently in your bill.

If you want to reverse anything you have done, you'll need to fully restore the phone by:

1) If you entered any terminal commands, you will need to make that command be "FALSE" instead of "TRUE".
2) Clicking restore
3) Restore as a NEW iPhone -- This is important, as the carrier file will be changed for a new one, the 4.0 version.

This is a pain in the ass to wait for the sync, but it is the most effective way.

Anyone who says to "call AT&T" to set up MMS is either a liar or a lucky individual, because I have tried 5 times and had no luck everytime (a supervisor tells them that MMS is available "later this summer).

Have fun.
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Actually, my hack (on krillr.com) can be reversed simply by downloading and reinstalling the IPCC from http://appldnld.apple.com.edgesuite...erBundles/061-4732.20090203.gj3ef/ATT_US.ipcc

No restore needed.
 
zombitronic said:
Yes, please. My understanding is that tethering just allows you to access your 3G connection via a computer. I'm not sure why you think tethering would use any more data than what's available from your iPhone, unless you mean that a user on a computer would likely use the connection more than a user on an iPhone. Still, you're limited by the speed of the 3G connectivity. It is an unlimited data plan and I don't see the difference between constantly downloading video on the 3G network via the iTunes app on an iPhone or downloading video via iTunes on a computer.
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Better way to explain it is there is no arguing a computer rendering speed is faster than an iPhone. Plus it is easier to navigate on a computer than the iPhone.

Well the max bandwithe the 2 connection can pull the same. The speed which data can and will be requested is going to be much higher with a tethered computer. A standard iPhone user is not going to pull 900 megs of data in a month. Hell I would argue that they might pull 200 in an average month.

Problem with tethered computers is it spikes the data useage in burst because while surfing the user will be navigating fast and clicking more links. For example I have 5-6 tabs open in my Firefox browser right now and I tend to jump between them. On an iPhone alone I would only really be using one and moving is slower.
 
Needs 10.5.7 to work?

Got this working on my desktop (PPC) instantly, but doesn't work on my Intel Macbook? The Macbook is 10.5.4, the Desktop is up-to-date with 10.5.7. I'll try that first.... anyone else try this?

BTW I have a 3G phone.

UPDATED!!!

Updating my Macbook to 10.5.7 worked!!

FYI, Wife has my old 2G iPhone and that definitely does not work at all.
 
Monopoly is fashistic

ANd yet we see that AT&T decides to charge $55 for this. And How much for Blackberries? $30.

THis is bullshxt! Tethering hack works and I'm writing this from my iPhone 3G

Now what are they going to do about it, since jailbroken phones already had this and back in the day Netshare offered this!
 
DELLsFan said:
I hold no love for AT&T, but the hacks here are beyond the ethics of jailbreaking. It seems to me that they do more than they should - and why? So folks can bog down the bandwidth even more just to connect to their laptop (which very likely has alternate access to the internet)? No, AT&T is right to pursue every legal means to prevent the pirating of bandwidth so that those who aren't can enjoy the service they're paying for.

Now as far as the pricing (of SMS in particular) and the service itself, yes, AT&T can just suck it. :D
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It is like somebody else pointed out, why do we have to pay twice just to output the internet to a larger screen?

With O2 you're paying £35 for unlimited internet access and then if you want to tether you have to pay £15 more to get it on your laptop screen. It isn't like you're using the internet twice either.

Aside from that, I agree with you on the fact that, MR should not be posting these hacks here, otherwise they should allow the forums to discuss serial codes and key generators for cracked software.
 
martianzero said:
Got this working on my desktop (PPC) instantly, but doesn't work on my Intel Macbook? The Macbook is 10.5.4, the Desktop is up-to-date with 10.5.7. I'll try that first.... anyone else try this?

BTW I have a 3G phone.
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^ mine works on 10.5.6 :cool:
 
zombitronic said:
Yes, please. My understanding is that tethering just allows you to access your 3G connection via a computer. I'm not sure why you think tethering would use any more data than what's available from your iPhone, unless you mean that a user on a computer would likely use the connection more than a user on an iPhone. Still, you're limited by the speed of the 3G connectivity. It is an unlimited data plan and I don't see the difference between constantly downloading video on the 3G network via the iTunes app on an iPhone or downloading video via iTunes on a computer.
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People like YouTube which uses a lot more bandwidth than people realize.

And tethering isn't cheaper to deter people from using it. It's there for people who really need it (and are willing to pay), but they're network can't handle it. Economies of scale won't work in AT&T's favor until they put a whole lot of money into building their network. It's similar to how Ferrari could sell a whole lot more cars if they made them cheaper, but that would defeat the purpose of owning a Ferrari, to show off to other people! It's expensive for a reason.

As much as we'd like to claim that a company like AT&T is f#($ing stupid, I'd prefer people back up that claim with actual reasons than just spouting crap.

And in case you are confused, yes I think AT&T sucks. Good day.
 
I have tethering working on my iphone 3g on O2 (UK) but only via usb I can't get the bluetooth to work as my iPhone won't stay connected to my macbook pro :( but still it works!
 
I am running 3.0 on a 3G, installed the modified ipcc file and tethering shows up. However, neither USB nor Bluetooth tethering works. Connect to network is grayed out via Bluetooth, and System Preferences never detects the phone in the Network Preferences. Running a 17" unibody MBP (first version) with OS X 10.5.7 fwiw. Any suggestions or fixes are appreciated. Thanks.

Also have the SDK installed (3.0 version)
 
If...

O2 are charging an additional £15 for users to have this functionality. Personally, I think it's a total rip off so I say good luck to those getting round this rip off system.

Didn't Jobs and Woz do something similar when they were young? Blue boxes anyone...
 
A little perspective goes a long way

One thing to keep in mind that the majority of Tetherers™ will be tethering only occasionally,
especially since free Wi-Fi is so ubiquitous these days. Most of us already have ISP's at home.

And what about people using legit apps like Pandora many hours a day?
That's gotta use WAY more bandwidth than any amount of web-browsing...
 
ghostface147 said:
So they should be able to create a script that can mass enable it.
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Don't be so sure about it. I used to work for a company that provided services to wireless customers. We had VPN's from our equipment directly into AT&T with which we could send data directly to wireless users. Any time we had to make any changes it was an absolute nightmare to deal with AT&T. Despite the fact that it's only one company there's still a pretty big distinction between "classic" AT&T and Cingular (or at least there was when I worked for this company). Virtually every discussion I ever had with them started with them discussing the impact of any changes on the "Orange" vs. "Blue" side of their networks. I once had to redirect our VPN to a new IP address at AT&T and the process took a few weeks. It was just me and our firewall on our side but about half a dozen people on their side dealing with the whole orange vs. blue issue and whatever other politics, logistics, etc. were involved.
 
orson3g said:
I am running 3.0 on a 3G, installed the modified ipcc file and tethering shows up. However, neither USB nor Bluetooth tethering works. Connect to network is grayed out via Bluetooth, and System Preferences never detects the phone in the Network Preferences. Running a 17" unibody MBP (first version) with OS X 10.5.7 fwiw. Any suggestions or fixes are appreciated. Thanks.

Also have the SDK installed (3.0 version)
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I am having same issue on my intel macbook with 10.5.4, but works fine on PPC 10.5.7. I am updating now, and will report back.

UPDATED!

Installing 10.5.7 worked! Perhaps there is some other component required? I let software update install everything it wanted to.
 
using this tethering hack breaks the iphone's voicemail function. You won't get notified if you have a voicemail and for those who has visual voicemail, it wouldn't work too. I've tried to find of ways to get the both of them to work but to no avail.

Maybe it's just me or maybe someone could point out on how to fix this.
 
There are no side effects, you do not get charged. Just dont go crazy and hit 10gb of bandwith
 
People here believe they are in the majority of iPhone users, were not, not even close. If Apple has 40+ million iPhones out here, probably less then 1% even visit sites like these, and less then that ever try anything technical such as adding code to make Tethering work.

Tech site forum followers should go outside and realize the world is alot bigger than their basement :) AT&T hasn't done anything about the people using PDAnet, they have shut down the masses.... because their simply isn't that many people doing it.

These topics of "OMG the sky is falling" are entertaining at least, amazed how people buy into the drama and fail to see how small the issue really is.

AT&T has far bigger problems then a few thousand people tethering their laptops via some hack.
 
On thing that should be pointed out that people are COMPLETELY pass over is ATT cost JUST for the data card is $60.
Why should the data for tethering be any less than the cost for the data card.

I have yet to see some one even attempt to debate that topic. ATT is viewing the tethering as just using the phone as a data card. ATT is in the right. Not the other way around.
 
seanooi said:
using this tethering hack breaks the iphone's voicemail function. You won't get notified if you have a voicemail and for those who has visual voicemail, it wouldn't work too. I've tried to find of ways to get the both of them to work but to no avail.

Maybe it's just me or maybe someone could point out on how to fix this.
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I just implemented the Gizmodo tethering hack on my iPhone (just the tethering, not the MMS) and tried calling myself from another phone. Visual voicemail works fine for me, as does getting notified of voicemails.
 
I cant understand why people dont "get" how tethering would use up more bandwidth than just the phone!

When I connect to the internet with my laptop its commonly and automatically constantly pinging twitter, checking emails much more frequently, connected to MSN, Yahoo, ICQ, AIM, (via adium) on Skype and IRC.. I generally have a lot of tabs open.. Sometimes an FTP client, etc. Multitasking gives you a lot more bandwidth hogging ability.

Most people's internet usage on laptops is very different to their internet usage on phones. Most sites have a low bandwidth mobile version that loads when you check on the iphone, eg; I routinely visit DeviantArt and Facebook. If I visit with my laptop it causes a lot more strain just by loading the non-mobile versions of these pages.
 
seanooi said:
using this tethering hack breaks the iphone's voicemail function. You won't get notified if you have a voicemail and for those who has visual voicemail, it wouldn't work too. I've tried to find of ways to get the both of them to work but to no avail.

Maybe it's just me or maybe someone could point out on how to fix this.
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Anytime your visual voicemail breaks use the voicemail tab to dial the voicemail system, listen to the message and go through the prompts, then use star to exit, and after it hangs up it will return.

I've been fooling around with the tethering/MMS stuff for a few days and this worked every time.
 
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