How to Tether Your iPhone 3.1.2
With the release of BlackSn0w, it is now possible to tether your iPhone running OS 3.1.2.
For those of you who don’t know what tethering is, it basically allows you to use your iPhone as a modem in order to share the internet connection with a computer. For example, this post was written on my laptop while tethering my iPhone in Los Angeles airport.
Step 1: Unlock your iPhone using BlackSn0w. See my BlackSn0w tutorial.
Step 2: From your iPhone, navigate to http://m.peacefulinsanity.com/Tether.mobileconfig and hit the install button and confirm. This will install the custom IPCC file.
Step 3: Reboot your iPhone.
Step 4: Go to Settings > General > Network > Internet Tethering and turn it on.
You’re done!
You should now be able to tether your iPhone, either via bluetooth or USB.
Pretty simple, isn’t it?
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first!
but does it work, anybody?
p.s. does this cost $?
just for at&t??
As blackra1n is a tethered jailbreak, what happens when you reboot the iPhone?
My understanding is that you have to re-run blackra1n to get it to boot up (this may only apply to the latest bootroms that are now shipping).
How does that affect this file installation and is it AT&T only?
I’ve tried it and it worked great – I “undid” it because I was scared from all of the “AT&T is going to find out and you are going to get charged big bucks for doing this” — but then I’ve read “no, as long as you don’t go over 5GB, you’ll be safe” — What is your opinion on this? Is it safe (as in, safe on my pocket book)? By the way – it worked amazing, especially from my Mac – plugged in the usb cable and right when i turned on tethering on the phone my Mac was “online”. As far as via bluetooth, that also worked, I just had to tell my Mac to connect to the iphone w/ BT and then choose “connect to network” ( i think that is what it says ) and it was online with my phone in my pocket. good deal. (cept’n for the “you might lose your house, car and all that you love to pay your bill if AT&T finds out” — please put me at ease on this…)
Oh, i forgot to mention, i’m using a 3GS purchased on june 19 when they were released, i have not had to do the “tethered jailbreak” my JB stays put as it should – even post reboot.
Cool thing!
I’m french and I’m to Bouygues Telecom. iCoffee.fr is closed and I can’t setting my tethering profil.
Can you help me?
This works but it is breaking my wifi connection network cannot be found after installing the new tether hack, anybody know how to get wifi to work again
never mind one more reboot and wifi is working great again. Geohot rocks!!!!!
this one is better its wat i use on my 3g
navigate on your iphone to: http://help.benm.at/help.php
install the one for you
its always good to reboot your iphone after everything to install then go to network settings for config
twitter @c4pt0n
Nice website, I add my tethering setting with success!
help.benm.at
My iPhone is already JB. Is there a way to enable tethering without re-JB it?
Thanks!
just go to that site on ur iphone and it will work, if it’s jailbroken already thats fine! this will work..
that only work for at&t, i ty it.
that one from the description is ATT only
the link i provided is for most of them, check it out
Is not only for att. Im from Brazil and work fine with my TIM carrier
Has anyone ha any problems since using the blackra1n jailbreak because I have and so has my friend. If there are any fixes for it let me know.
Does it work with iPhone 2G? How do I enable tethering in iPhone 2G?
Hey all.
I followed the instructions. Downloaded and installed BlackSn0w… Got the new mobileconfig… tried both benm and peacefulinsanity – rebooted, and turned on tethering which was newly available.
When I plug it in, nothing happens. Bluetooth doesn’t pick it up either. Any thoughts on why it may not be working
Hi – i’ve a legally unlocked (Italy) 3GS with 3.1.2 – none of these ipcc files (from Ben through here etc) seems to unlock Tethering on my phone. Does anyone know what’s going on. Seems to me no point jailbreaking because my phone already works with Vodafone UK, ATT & T-Mobile in the US and Vodafone Australia – mostly my travel schedule…desperate to get rid of the Huawei dongle – thanks for any help
Yes, but does visual voicemail still work?
Does this break the Visual Voicemail from at&t? Someone I know w/ a jailbroken iPhone just got about 6 months worth of missing voicemails in one download.
I had no problem with the jailbreak. However, it will not actually tether!! How do I configure it to work via usb???
HELP!
It *does* work. But don’t be stupid people, don’t hit YouTube or porn sites while tethering as AT&T will pick up the spike in your traffic. In fact, AT&T may be vigilant towards unauthorized tethering. Bottom line is, if you get a bill from AT&T for $1000 for tethering, you have nobody to blame but yourself. =)
Be a smart tether user.
@-M: When you enable tether, it asks you whether you want to enable USB or bluetooth.
http://www.mydigitallife.info/2009/06/28/activate-and-enable-iphone-as-internet-tethering-wireless-modem-without-hack-or-jailbreak/
you should click USB and it should install a driver (well did for me on 3.0) i haven’t tried tethering on the lastest firmware, because i have no use for it…
Oh, and I still have Visual Voicemail.
i do not get that question. i just get the screen that’s pictured above. however, when i connect via usb, there’s no place where i can actually select the phone..it says to choose iPhone from the list of network services…it’s not in the list though.
and wifi will not work now.
I use PdaNet on my jailbroken 3.1.2 iPhone 3GS. Works like a charm.
I like iphonemodem. Since it uses WIFI, many pc’s can share at once and I can answer the phone whilst we’re all tethered without wires attached. It’s great!
works like a charm
Tried it here in Taiwan via TW Mobile. Not a change to get it to work.
Have you got ant suggestions?
If your having problems on the windows side. make sure you have the latest version of Iturnes installed. it includes the driver that lets the Iphone work as a modem
I’m a Mac user…
I’ve tried some more and still no luck :/
Oh , I apologize Shade, for not including my OS. I’m on a Mac machine OS -x 10.6.
My phone is JB. and unlocked with BlackRa1n RC3.
Sebastian,
I have iTunes 9.0.2.25. I have a new 3GS iPhone with 5.11.07 firmware and 3.2.1.
I did steps 1 – 4 above and all went well and appeard to work except when I go to Network, there is no Internet Tethering tab. Phone is JB because when I could not find Internet Tethering tab, I went to Cydia, downloaded the June Fabrics app and it works fine (but it is unbearably slow). Any help would be appreciated.
Did you reboot your phone???? This is important.
If this doesn’t work, try installing a profile from http://help.benm.at. That should do it.
I can’t get my VVM to work after tethering. Any help? Thanks.
Did not work for me the second time I JB my iPhone. The first time it worked flawlessly. Don’t know why it didn’t work the second time.
Okay guys….HELP DESPERATELY NEEDED! I have the new 3.1.2 version w/ 5.11.07 firmware. I jailbroke/unlocked phone using blackrain….but when I turn off phone or reboot (however you wanna call it) I have to plug into comp and use blackrain again (”make it rain”) then it works. so I have to make sure my phone never dies, runs out of battery or turn it off or I am without a phone till i get to a computer. How can i correct this?! I am not using AT&T….Im on a tmobile network.
does your iphone need to be unlock or will it work if it is jailbroken?
if your talking to me….Yes it does need to be unlocked in order for me to be able to use it w/ Tmobile. Its currently unlocked and jailbroken right now, but IF i turn off phone…I have to use blackrain to use the phone again. .. otherwise, when i turn it back on, it will have the picture of the USB and ITUNES on the main screen and I cant do anything with phone. I just want to know of a way to be able to turn my phone off and be able to turn back on like normal! Gosh.. so frustrating =’(
It seems to work GREAT via BT and USB. My question is; IF someone wanted to remove it, how can this be done???
BTW, I’m using a new 3GS, OS=3.1.2, ModemFirmware=05.11.07.
i’ve retried installing blackra1n again and again and turning tethering on….DOES NOT WORK!
when i did this with that other jailbreak a few months ago it worked without any hassles…wish that would still work :/
using Mac, latest iTunes + 3.1.2 on ATT…
WASTE OF TIME and false hope
Hi -M@
Did you do a complete CLEAN install of 3.1.2 and follw that up with a Blackra1n RC# JB, then, install the tether? This is what needs to be done, I read this on just about every site when using RC3.
I know this tether works and works well because I used it. Let me know how you make out…
Ive Jbroken my phone, downloaded this app, and rebooted more than once but there’s no “Internet Tethering” option in the Network menu. It shows up under my profile but I’ve gotta be missing something.
Perhaps you guys can help me, I JB’d yesterday, specifically for setting up tethering. I used mr. Geohots Blackra1n. All seemed to go well, but could not run blacksnow, probably because my wifi was not working at the time.
I have a contract with Att so, did not feel the need to unlock, so I never attempted backsn0w again.
I got the wifi working.
My problem is that I can tether only for about 40 seconds, then my browser acts like I lost the connection.
Also, I cannot get my MS outlook to send mail when tethering (i used BenM until the recent 3.1.2 firmware blew it out the water). Is there some kind of proxy i need to get the mail to work right with tethering?
Any insight into either problem would be appreciated.
hi,i have an iphone 3gs with 3.1.2 official firmware, and i don’t want jailbreak it. is there any solution for me to tether without jailbreaking?
@KORN — Yes, there is a solution, subscribe to AT&T tether service. It’s available now and only $55/month extra (on top of the cost of internet service and cell service). This is what the AT&T store salesman told me. Are you ready to JB yet?
att wont charge you for anything you have unlimited data but if you go over 5gb they will cap your connection and your speed will decrease. it is a apn setting not a app.
I have a 3gs, unlo9cked and JB. I’ve downe loaded and installed the config as described and I don’t have a tethering option in my network menu. Any advice or knowledge out there?
I am able to tether. Works flawlessly. My visual voice mail no longer works. I’ve tried resetting, etc, but I have had no luck. The only thing that worked was deleting tethering. Help please. iPhone 3gs 3.1.2. Thanks.
@Mb — You said that you “deleted tethering”. Pls advise how you deleted the tethering?
you go to manage in cydia and uninstall it. Then you select settings>general>profile>and then remove us at&t. This removes tethering
@MB — Appreciate your prompt reply. I don’t see anything obvious relating to the tethering in Cydia. However, I did go to settings>general>profile and noticed the red “remove” button. That’s great, thks.
What sould I be seeing in the Cydia relating to the tethering? I don’t recall adding it via Cydia. I simply downloaded from this site directly to iPhone, as instructed, and it was installed…
ok…tried again…
restored the phone…installed blackra1n..installed tethering…
NOTHING!! it just will not work on my 3gs w/ att.
it will not work via usb or bluetooth…just will not appear in my list of network services. i’ve tried this about 5 times now and it’s safe to say that it just will not work with my phone.
i’ve tried both of the profiles available and neither work.
total waste of time…
Ok, I got all the tethering installed help.benm. Turned on tethering, connected to computer, and it works! However it only works for like 2 minutes and then there’s no connection to the internet. Unplugged and found out my iphone can’t even connect to emails or browse safari anymore. Calls work fine, anyone have an idea what happened? I used speedtest to find out how fast the connection was while tethering was successful, that’s when it cut off…..is that related?
Tried and simply did not work. Its too bad because I upgraded to 3.1 because I thought i could hang on the tethering which I had before.
Oh well, live and learn
@jaime — I know this may sound like a stupid question, BUT, did you unlock your phone AFTER you did the jailbreak??
Many people don’t know that AFTER the JB you have to unlock to get the tether to work. Yesterday I had to do a restore and I did not do the unlock after the JB (I thought I had already done it after I did the JB). When I went to install this tether profile, it installed, but would not display in the NETWORK settings. That reminded me to do the UNLOCK. I removed the tether profile and unlocked with sn0w. After I did the unlock, I reinstalled the tether profile and BAMM, there was the tether setting in NETWORK settings.
I made it to work and work great, but the biggest issue is I am loosing 3G and/or slow speed data signal entirely. The only temporary solution to enable the data signal back is resetting the data network on my iPhone.
I’ve done the steps and it works. However, it messes with my connection in general. I constantly lost reception for both data and calls. I always have to respring or reset my network configuration to get it started. The only way I’ve got a steady connection is what was mentioned above… PDANet. Using both the official tethering and PDANet I can say that PDANet is slower.
Will this unlock for internet tethering work on any laptop with ITunes or just the one I installed it with?
By the way the unlock for internet tethering works great, so far, no problems, straight up instructions, just follow it step by step. Please answer previous question, thanks.
I’m using my iphone right now to connect with my MacBook Pro at the Dallas Fort Worth Airport. Works great!
Has absolutely nothing to do with itunes or any specific computer. This process just turns your iphone into a modem which you can use with any computer.
Kevin–not sure I agree with that. the laptop you attach the phone to will need drivers for the iphone’s “modem”. I ASSUMED they came in as part of the itunes install (and hence tethering would only work on a machine w/ itunes installed). Anyone have thoughts on where those drivers came from???
@Narwhal — I can say with experience that I have used this tether with 2 IBM notebook pc’s and 1 iMac. I only use iTunes on the iMac. The pc’s don’t have iTunes. So, I’m inclined to agree with Kevin. The drivers come from the computer BT and phone connection.
I’m with Spuds.
So I have a 3g 3.1 with Att, if I unlock to get my tethering to work would it be any different than my jailbreak???
@Prisper — YES, jailbreak is different than unlock. The “jailbreak” basically unlocks the phone’s OS, thus allowing you to add 3rd party software, etc. The “unlock” unlocks the “modem firmware” allowing you to use your iPhone with any GSM carrier, and allows you to use the tethering feature as well. Read this, maybe it will help you a little: http://www.iphonedownloadblog.com/2009/07/10/difference-jailbreaking-unlocking/
I have a 3GS running under 3.0 firmaware and it is jailbroken and unlocked using cydia, when going to the web site you mention on the iphone i installed what was there but i so that it said AT&T i live in costa rica and now i have the Tether option but every time i try to connecte it comes up a popup saing
“Set Up Intertel Tethering”
“To enable tethering on this account contact carier”
thank you
Interestingly enough, the MyWi app on the iPhone did let my laptop browse the web and do email, but it would not allow my laptop to make a VPN connection to my company’s network – which was the only reason I needed the app.
Then I tried PDAnet and it worked just fine for both laptop Internet connectivity and also for VPN connectivity.
I was using the USB connection between my Windows XP laptop and my iPhone 3GS v3.1.2.
I am having the same problem as Sutton. Everything went smoothly until the end, any solutions?
I unlocked my iPhone (3.1.2) using BlackSn0w, and then I used the peacefulinsanity mobile config file provided and it all worked in the end, as instructed. However, I was never able, even after resetting the network settings, to have either/or my WiFi or VVM.
I also tried the help.benm.at site and that config file gives me the same problem. After several attempts to enable and disable either config. file and also resetting the network configs, I gave up. I understand that the BlackSn0w was not responsible for the WiFi or VVM problems since they are working right now. Also, I used the same mobile config file from help.benm.at when my phone had the 3.0 firmware and I stopped receiving VVM’s for a while.
My question is… Are there any other mobile config files out there that don’t affect WiFi or VVM?
I’ve been using the set up as described above for a few weeks now and it’s been working great. I have found that I have to remove and reinstall the config, once in a while after I tether because my VVM gets lost. Worth it to me to be able to connect when I need to.
K
after i unlock a phone and put the tethering on a phone and rebot it, it always kicks it into Itunes activation mode what is happening? I had to do it on my phone and nothing happened but i did it on my buddys phone’s and its does it everytime just when i go to rebot it. What I’m wanting to know is do you HAVE to rebot your phone?
Several people mentoned if you have a full plan
AT&T will not charge you for teathering is this correct? It was my understanding AT&T was NOT allowing any teathering.
Any thoughts
Here’s AT&T’s latest “OFFICIAL” stance on high data usage:
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/ATT-Tighter-control-of-cell-apf-2415335930.html?x=0
Im using a 3gs running 3.1.2, i jail broke my phone using blackrain, and followed the steps to be able to tether my phone, rebooted, went to setting/general/network and there is nothing about tethering. What did i do wrong?
@ Nick — Did you do the unlock (sn0w) after you JB’ed? You must unlock to enable the tethering.
Hey why doesn’t it work for my 3g?
Works great!!
Except that i have a problem with wifi
how do i fix this?
I’ve been rebooting several times,
I am also worried that AT&T is going to charge me extra for tethering though…
Hi, Thanx for the great program but my wifi is not working…i saw some other ppl had the same problem with this…but i didnt see any answers…can you or anyone else help me out please…or how do I redo this process and go back to 10 mins ago lol with a jail broken phone and no tethering…
thank you
Follow the instructions on this link to fix your WiFi, GPS and VVM =)
http://www.redmondpie.com/fix-blacksn0w-wifi-youtube-gps-problem-on-iphone-3.1.2-firmware-9140085/
Anyone cares to help me out here? i even removed the profile and still nothing
Arash, this is your solution, you’re gonna be surprised of how simple.
Settings-general-reset-reset network settings
make sure u reinstall profile so tethering os availabe!
Thank you guys…I saw a video on youtube on how to reset the wifi and I thought I should give it try…when I did that and it tried to reboot…it never came back up and was frozen for a good 10 mins so all I could do was to restore…I jailbroke it again and the wifi is working…it was this download for tethering that messed it up…but anyways thank you so much for your time!
I have a non-jailbroken 8 GB 3G running 3.0.2 using a Ben.M mobileconfig on AT&T. Downloaded CS4 Master Edition(almost 7 GB) from my MacBook while tethering and didn’t have any slower speeds or a higher bill. I didn’t hesitate to jailbreak my iPod touch, but jailbreaking my iPhone is something I won’t do. If it is a tethered jailbreak you could be left without a phone for hours if it freezes up and reboots while away from home(as my ipod does about once a month.
No good. I followed the instructions and my phone enters recovery mode after the reboot. Any updates?
it worked awesome thank you!
i just installed this ipcc file with a jailbroken 3g iphone (non black rain). i can’t get the internet tether tab in my settings…what am i missing??
i also forgot to mention…i have ultrasnOw installed and 3.1.2 jail break installed. i’ve tried to install the patch and i’m still not getting the tether option to show up in my network screen!!
what am i doing wrong?!?!?!?!?!?!?
sorry about all the posts but since i can’t edit a post i wanted to mention another thing.
my firmware is 04.26.08 if this helps at all?
Is it really necessary to unlock the iphone with sn0w although my iphone was unlocked OoTB? Is there a way to enable tethering with jailbreak only?
I have the same issue. Mine is a factory unlocked jailbroken iPhone. How can I enable tethering?
Finally got mine to work. YOU ABSOLUTLEY HAVE TO HAVE BLACKSNOW INSTALLED. After I installed blacksn0w tethering works perfectly now
okay. guys help.
the option is there now.
but only kinda.
wheni goto settings>general>network.
it has a button saying “set up internet tethering”
then says “to enable tethering on this account, contact AT&T”
what did i do wrong? i’ve never seen or heard of it doing this before?
help.
I some how managed to get all of this to work, installed mywi, but the connection is SLOW as heck….. not in a 3g area, but I use my spring phone to do the same and can get about 1mb per sec.
Any ideas what the issue could be anyone ?
Vista is the OS
THANKS!
i can’t get to peacefulinsanity? any help! cant get it to come up no matter what i’ve tried.
Will tethering give me any extra charges on my bill? It is jailbroken …. please help i want to do this but dont want extra charges
When the new ATT Profile gets installed, visual voicemail will not work.
This method worked for me also. Make sure before trying the browser part of it to have blacksnow already installed. I’m posting this from my laptop tethered to my iphone now! It does work.
Testing
I installed tether in my I phone but it put the file under profile instead of network still won’t tether???????
I have a new 3GS with 3.1.2.
I am using ATT in the US, so I didn’t need to unlock.
I just bought my phone new 2 days ago.
I used Blackra1n to jailbreak and I used.
Even if you do not need to unlock the phone to use it, you need to unlock it
to use the tether.
I tried many times to tether without unlocking and the tether option did not show up.
Even though I didn’t need to unlock it, I unlocked it to see if it would opne the tether option,
and it did. You must unlock the phone to tether.
I used Blacksn0w to unlock and the http://help.benm.at/help.php to install the tether profile.
Hi there,
I have been tethering my iPhone 3G since 8/2009 with PDAnet and Cydia running 3.0.1. I really want to update my phone but I’m so worried about losing my Internet connection. This process seems to be more simplified than the previous one I used. Do I need to keep PDAnet installed on my computer? Or is this a different program all together? Would you please forward me specific instructions to get my phone from where it is to the update and new tethering program?
Respectfully,
shelle
ps Thank You Soooo much in advance! Your help is GREATLY APPRECIATED!!!!!
Need help. My wifi is not working after I followed the directions. Any ideas?
how can i connect it to a Mac?
Hey this is cool
Sound good I will of to try it
I did as the instructions but thetering does not show up in the networking
I can’t get it to work. I can get to the point where I can turn the internet tethering on or off on the iphone but it still won’t tether. when i look at network connections on my computer, it shows network cable unplugged for my Apple mobile device. Any ideas???
What us the dangers of having this with AT&T?
I do all the steps but I still can’t connect to the Internet and I don’t know why my phone is a 3gs 3.1.2 please help me
Everytime I try to go on the website it says error establishing data base connection.
AFTER INSTALL TETHERING MI WIFI NO WORK, WHAT CAN I DO
MY WIFI NO WORK AFTER INSTALL TETHERING, WHAT NEED I DO
Step 4 isn’t possible: “Step 4: Go to Settings > General > Network > Internet Tethering and turn it on.”
I don’t get the “internet Tethering” entry under Network. The only thing I get related to the installation of this program is under Profile: US AT&T Tethering. Under Advanced Settings I get “wap.cingular.”
RODO
21 hrs, 6 mins ago
AFTER INSTALL TETHERING MI WIFI NO WORK, WHAT CAN I DO – reset network settings and reboot.
Ntrepidly
9 hrs, 18 mins ago
Step 4 isn’t possible: “Step 4: Go to Settings > General > Network > Internet Tethering and turn it on.”
I don’t get the “internet Tethering” entry under Network. The only thing I get related to the installation of this program is under Profile: US AT&T Tethering. Under Advanced Settings I get “wap.cingular.”
then it didn’t work. Unistall and try again. Try reset network instead.
I got it up and going after posting that note. Thanks.
Well, I use ultrasn0w to jailbreak and use Cydia to download blacksnow to unlock. I use about 8 or 9 gb traffic each month and don’t get any extra charge but use it as your own risky and don’t blame me if you are the unlucky one that get charge$$$$$$$$$.
Followed directions as described above and my phone after plugging into USB port on laptop cleared tethering option on my network. Not very happy with product. Is there a way around this?
What is the application that will make my phone as hotspot wifi source that I can pick signal by wireless? And is there a free version of the my3G application?
Is there anyway to do this with iPod touch instead of iPhone ??? Please help
Hey I downloaded it and it worked but when I went 2 turn tether on it said it will charge me will it charge me or not cuz idk lol
I tried it on my 3gs 3.1.2, after installing the ipcc file mentioned in step 2 I reboot my iPhone(step 3), now when I goto step 4(setting-general-network), I don’t see Internet tethering as an option there( I only see 3gs enable, VPN, & wifi as options).
Please help !
I guess I should’ve read the earlier comments to my issue b4 posting, I need to unlock first, 0fcouse !
Hey I installed it and it works great but does this charge u cuz it said charges may apply when I put tether on cab u plz write back
This program is very good
thanks
Good work guys. Keep it on.
i have a 3g with 3.1.2 and the benm and peacefulinsanity patches did not work. my phone never recognized the new profile in order to enable tethering. i read that the new blacksnow can cause problems with some phone functions like voicemail and gps. i recommend trying the ‘rock your phone’ app with ‘mywi’. you can get a trial for 9 days to see how the connection works and then it’s only $10 to buy. i have att and they should enable tethering (the idiots) but this has worked great on my phone.
Thank u for this info. I talked to apple att and they offered nothing.
Why I installed Internet tether, but I can not see it in setting -> general -> Internet ?
Its pretty good. Nice to experience it
Internet tethering doesn’t come out on my network
Was forced to update to 3.1.3….and canno get this to work