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Unofficial iPhone Tethering is Easier Than Ever

Posted 06/18/2009 at 1:53:34pm | by Arvind Srinivasan

tethered iphone Are you an iPhone user? Does your patience with AT&T and its lack of tethering get your goat? Well, here's your chance to bring tethering to your iPhone without official support.

Richard Lai has come up with the easiest way to tether your iPhone's internet connection to your computer, as promised by Apple, but delayed by AT&T. This "hack" doesn't involve the Terminal, or even your Mac. It's all done with the iPhone.

Simply navigate on your iPhone to: http://help.benm.at/help.php. Once there, download the MobileConfig file for your carrier. Choose the country your carrier is in, then choose the carrier your iPhone is subscribed to. For the United States, most folks will choose AT&T, but if you plan on unlocking your iPhone on Friday, you can choose T Mobile. The process does requires iPhone OS 3.0.

After the install, on your iPhone, go to Settings > General > Network > Internet Tethering, and enable tethering. Then, plug your iPhone in, and you are ready to go. We're not sure about the legal implications of this method, but we tested it out for you, loyal readers. Click through the gallery below to see how it works for yourself. Previously, users had complained that Visual Voicemail stopped working after tethering, but we experienced no such problems.

Of course, AT&T will probably nuke this method before the end of the week, but think of the extra pain you caused the upper management.

Disclaimer: Tethering your iPhone without the proper data plan probably violates your carrier's contract, and you should definitely back up your iPhone before doing this, just in case anything happens. Don't say we didn't warn you!

COMMENTS: 7

TAGS: AT&T, iPhone 3.0, tethering

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Tethering uses?
Submitted by kurtmac on Thu, 2009-06-18 17:52

I'm still scratching my head (no, not from dandruff) about the implementing and using tethering. Unless you're in a remote location or driving with your MacBook in your lap and an insatiable need to access the internet on it (never mind the implications of taking your eyes off of the road), why would tethering be useful? Would it not drain your iPhone's battery considerably? What purpose would it serve that you couldn't already do on the iPhone? Too many questions about tethering and not enough answers (Oh yeah and what's a good brand of shampoo to use?) "It's not too late to turn from the dark side and back towards the light of Apple and everything Mac!"

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How I will use tethering
Submitted by yugenro on Thu, 2009-06-18 20:33

Good question, kurtmac. I will use tethering at my wife's place of work. I am self-employed and can work anywhere I can get on the internet. I love to be with my wife during the day, but there is no Wifi access at her workplace. Your concern with draining the iPhone's battery is understandable, too. But I just plug it into my MacBook Pro, and plug in my MacBook Pro. Voila! I'm powered up, doing work, and hangin' with my sweetie, all at the same time!!!Ain't life grand???!!! :-)

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?
Submitted by ersatzevan on Fri, 2009-06-19 13:47

i tried it and via bluetooth i couldnt connect to network and via usb it couldnt find the ip etc.

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figured it out
Submitted by ersatzevan on Fri, 2009-06-19 14:26

I found out that you just say assist my in Network Preferences and say ethernet and no routers and such and them it finds the IP, DNS, and Search Domain for you. And it works on Edge.

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iPhone 2G...??
Submitted by photogirl333 on Thu, 2009-07-02 11:49

I have the 2G iPhone with the 3.0 software, and this does not work. The option for tethering never comes up. Is this only for 3G phones?? :(

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THANKS SO FREAKIN MUCH!!!!!!!
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