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iPhone Tethering and MMS Hacks Surface
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Really? My Visual Voicemail appears to function... Atleast I can access the ones I haven't listened to yet and view my deleted ones... Don't know if I've received any new ones yet though...
Read the fine print before tethering
Before you use your tethered iPhone to start downloading BitTorrents, you may want to read the fine print in your AT&T contract. You'll find your "unlimited" data plan is actually capped at 5GB per month. Each additional 1GB over that limit will set you back $480. If you download say 300GB in one month you'll find yourself staring at a bill for $140,000 from AT&T the next. Watch your cornhole!
See more bandwidth pricing tips here:
http://www.stepthreeprofit.com/2009/04/truth-about-consume-bandwidth-pricing.html
Before you use your tethered iPhone to start downloading BitTorrents, you may want to read the fine print in your AT&T contract. You'll find your "unlimited" data plan is actually capped at 5GB per month. Each additional 1GB over that limit will set you back $480. If you download say 300GB in one month you'll find yourself staring at a bill for $140,000 from AT&T the next. Watch your cornhole!
See more bandwidth pricing tips here:
http://www.stepthreeprofit.com/2009/04/truth-about-consume-bandwidth-pricing.html
DING DING DING!!!! Someone give this man a prize.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 basementAT&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.
I have older friends who have iPhones and don't even know how to use half of the features on it including the iPod. I doubt AT&T really cares unless you do something really stupid like torrents through the iPhone.
This is an excellent point - a perspective I hadn't really considered. We're already paying for the bandwidth for a smaller screen, sure.
I guess the counter argument is that AT&T is concerned that laptop tethering has the effect of significantly increasing bandwidth used just by using the laptop - more bandwidth than would otherwise be utilized via the iPhone. To which one could argue - so what?
Does the increased bandwidth really bog down the 3G network, or does the company simply want to sell a different service? Based on current data plan, voice, and a la carte and package text messaging plans vs. expense, I'd say AT&T would be more likely to exaggerate bandwidth limits so as to receive a few extra bucks.
+1 thanks for saving me the typing... I was going to post almost the same thing verbatim.
Option 1 worked perfectly on my O2 (UK) iPhone 3G and Visual Voicemail (edit: and MMS) still work.
The site will give you two options "O2 Contract" and "O2 Vertigo". I chose "O2 Vertigo", as it is the same config. data as the official one on my iPhone.
The site will give you two options "O2 Contract" and "O2 Vertigo". I chose "O2 Vertigo", as it is the same config. data as the official one on my iPhone.
At&t knew that iPhone OS 3.0 was coming as we all did since March. Do you honestly not think Apple would be talking to its "exclusive" carrier behind the scenes...
I'm honestly not buying the propaganda- At&t has messed up and messed up bad. I at one time felt guilty about using the NetShare App, but hey, not anymore...
When At&t shows loyalty to it's customers, then I'll show loyalty in return. Until then I'm sure glad I have their v.5 carrier file.
So to reiterate and quote "eff At&t".
I'm honestly not buying the propaganda- At&t has messed up and messed up bad. I at one time felt guilty about using the NetShare App, but hey, not anymore...
When At&t shows loyalty to it's customers, then I'll show loyalty in return. Until then I'm sure glad I have their v.5 carrier file.
So to reiterate and quote "eff At&t".
Way easier
The easiest by far was the 3 step process that 9to5mac wrote up last week:
http://9to5mac.com/iPhone-3G-tethering
The easiest by far was the 3 step process that 9to5mac wrote up last week:
http://9to5mac.com/iPhone-3G-tethering
Those are the exact same steps mentioned in the article, just posted on another website.
NM, found the answer in Google:
IF YOU DO NOT HAVE THE BLUE BAR OR ARE HAVING ISSUES WITH THIS:
1.) Go to HD/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration
2.) Delete the "preferences.plist"
3.) Restart your Mac.
Doing this will set all of your network settings back to default, thereby enabling the two connections the iPhone sets up the first time you connect it to tether to be recreated.
You will also lose all of your wireless and wired network settings so you'll have to log back in to those, but that's a small price to pay for such great functionality from your iPhone.
This worked for me, and I am writing this while tethered.
Can someone post a screenshot of a successfully sent MMS message on AT&T with an iPhone? I keep seeing these hack sites that claim they have MMS capabilities, but it never seems to work for anyone else. I have a FamilyTalk messaging plan, not an iPhone specific one, and there are no blocks or disabling for MMS on that plan, yet it still doesn't work for me.
I have had it working for days. Just update the carrier file and use your sim in another phone for about a half hour. When you van send a mms there, just put it back in the iPhone and reboot. Done. You are just doing what AT&T is going to do. Provision it for mms.
I haven't tried tethering, but will when it is officially available. $60/mo like every other smartphone. I don't believe I'm entitled
to it like everyone else. Bandwidth costs money.
Genius
If I utilize these hacks - do I need to reset the phone before bringing it into a Genius. Obviously I would never bring a jailbroken phone into the Apple store, but does this void the warranty? - it certainly does void my cell contract, but thats not through Apple.
If I utilize these hacks - do I need to reset the phone before bringing it into a Genius. Obviously I would never bring a jailbroken phone into the Apple store, but does this void the warranty? - it certainly does void my cell contract, but thats not through Apple.
You're kidding, right? Corporations are not charity groups. They aren't here to give a damn about you. The only people they serve are their shareholders. You can bet the shareholders would pitch a fit if AT&T gave away tethering--especially when they can charge for it.
Vodaphone UK iPhone tethering 3.0 works!
http://www.iphone-notes.de/mobileconfig/ worked for me on Vodafone in the UK, but then I used to use the sim card in a Nokia to tether before iphones so data was already activated with this contract. Is there difference between wap data (used by MMS) and data used to tether. I seem to remember when these things started to appear on phones you had to activate data, or wap or both but they were definitely different things to charge for over and above the voice bit.
http://www.iphone-notes.de/mobileconfig/ worked for me on Vodafone in the UK, but then I used to use the sim card in a Nokia to tether before iphones so data was already activated with this contract. Is there difference between wap data (used by MMS) and data used to tether. I seem to remember when these things started to appear on phones you had to activate data, or wap or both but they were definitely different things to charge for over and above the voice bit.
Just tried on Dutch T-mobile (NL).. works
T-Mobile NL announced like a week ago that they wouldn't be supporting tethering for a while, and when they would, they'd be charging for it. Needles to say, I was REALLY bummed out by this, as Tethering was THE most important thing of 3.0 for me.
Oh well, if they won't let me use it by default, I'll do it this way. Or if they'll disable this way, I'll find another way..
Freaking carriers ruining everything..
T-Mobile NL announced like a week ago that they wouldn't be supporting tethering for a while, and when they would, they'd be charging for it. Needles to say, I was REALLY bummed out by this, as Tethering was THE most important thing of 3.0 for me.
Oh well, if they won't let me use it by default, I'll do it this way. Or if they'll disable this way, I'll find another way..
Freaking carriers ruining everything..
It is a Rip off. For as long as I'm able to get round it, I will.
And yes, the Blue Boxes were a nice little international call hack... and what was the company who they were hacking? AT&T
I have a kind of silly question.. I know when I set my Bold up to tether, I had to program it to use wap@cingular or whatever. Will the carrier file we download, already be programmed to use the right settings? I know that if you use isp@cingular or whatever it is, that's when you get charged..
That would be hilarious! Can you imagine the look on someone's face when they open up the bill and see the cost of trying to steal? Haha!
We've waited this long for tethering, I can wait another couple of months.
I think people are being a bit overly paranoid thinking that carriers will start to use deep packet inspection to analyze and deactivate every single user that might have enabled tethering. The key is not to be an ass about it--the contract (well, at least in the US) says that the absolute maximum for an 'unlimited' data plan is 5GB per month, which is quite fair. So stay under that limit and don't suddenly ramp up use from ~10 MB/day to 2.1GB the next day. If you are dumb enough think that this hack gives you the ability to download a BluRay over bittorrent, then you are going to get what you deserve: sh*tcanned.