After reading the How-To on CrunchGear to enable tethering on iPhone with 3.0 beta firmware, I immediately tried this with my iPhone 3G. Unfortunately, T-Mobile Germany doesn’t appear in the list of ipcc carrier description files that can be grabbed with:
curl -s -L http://phobos.apple.com/version | grep -i carrier
So I had to create my own ipcc file based on the bundle found on a 2.2.1 jailbroken phone under /System/Library/Carrier Bundles/TMobile_Germany.bundle
.
Walkthrough
Here is a walkthrough on how to enable tethering with T-Mobile Germany:
Step 1: Copy the T-Mobile bundle from an iPhone running 2.2.1 with SSH enabled:
apn = internet password = password username = iphone
Step 2: Right click on it and select Show Package Contents. You will find two plist files and two images.
Step 3: In Info.plist
, change the BundleVersion
from 2.9
to 5.0
and change DTSDKName
to (SDK_NAME)
. Delete MinimumOSVersion
. I recommend using Property List Editor for these changes. Save.
Step 4: In carrier.plist do the following and then save:
(a) Add a new Dictionary to the apns
Array:
apn = internet password = password username = iphone
(b) In the Dictionary with apn internet.t-mobile
add the key type-mask
with type Number
and value -2
.
(c) Add a new pair at the top level Dictionary of the carrier.plist
file with key AllowEDGEEditing
, type BOOLEAN
and value YES
.
Step 5: grab http://appldnld.apple.com.edgesuite.net/content.info.apple.com/iPhone/CarrierBundles/061-4732.20090203.gj3ef/ATT_US.ipcc using Safari and copy version.plist
from the bundle into the TMobile_Germany.bundle
. Change the CFBundleVersion
from 3.1
to 5.0
and save.
Step 6: Create a folder named Payload
and copy the TMobile_Germany.bundle
into it. Compress Payload
using the context menu. Then in the “Get Info” window of Payload.zip
change the name to TMobile_Germany.ipcc
.
Step 7: Connect your phone and upload the ipcc file via iTunes: Option-click on the Update Button and select the TMobile_Germany.ipcc
file. Then eject the phone and reboot it.
Step 8: Now, a new entry appears under Preferences > General > Network. On my first attempt, I received an error to consult T-Mobile on how to setup tethering. On the second attempt though, I was able to successfully enable Internet Tethering.
Step 9: When connected via USB, Mac OS X automatically detects a new Ethernet adapter and the connection comes up using DHCP just flawlessly. One drawback: I have not been able to connect via Bluetooth so far. I attribute this mainly to pairing problems. The Mac thinks it is successfully paired but the iPhone thinks not. I’ll continue investigating this and update the post when I find a solution.
If you think this is useful, please digg it. Many thanks to Steven Troughton Smith and Erica Sadun who discovered it!
Update 2: Beta 5 users, beware: iTunes 8.2b10 no longer accepts IPCC files. Phones running 3.0b5 can still have carrier settings updated from iTunes 8.2b7 (part of 3.0b4).
Update 3: easier than installing an IPCC via iTunes is the download of a profile right from the iPhone. http://www.iphone-notes.de/mobileconfig/ provides config files for various carriers around the world. They work with the released version of iPhone OS 3.0.
Update 4: iPhone OS 3.1 disabled the use of unsigned IPCC profiles. There is a solution to re-enable Tethering by jailbreaking with Blacksn0w.
12 Comments
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Roman
Hey,
cann you send me you ipcc file?
Thanks!
phil
well – would be really nice if i could get the ipcc file you used from somewhere *smile* ๐
Dominik Pich
Please provide the ippc file ๐
Sascha
Just updated to 3.0 and cant get back to get my old ipcc. Would you please send me your ipcc? ๐
Best,
Sascha
Brent
What does ” change DTSDKName to (SDK_NAME)” mean? What is the name or do you literally mean (SDK_Name)?
Ortwin Gentz
Brent, in this case it is meant literally.
prema
hej ๐
wondering if this is working for my ipod touch (2nd generation) ?
i just upgrated to os 3.0 beta , and iยดm actually tryng to use my sellphone as modem via bluetooth …its working for my macbook very well …
thanks prema
Ortwin Gentz
prema, not sure what exactly you wanna achieve. Use your iPhone to bridge 3G/Edge via Bluetooth to your iPod touch? I doubt this will be possible because I’m not aware of any option to configure Internet access via Bluetooth in iPhone OS 3.
Louis
Hi Ortwin
I am having a bit of trouble using tethering via USB. I can use it fine on bluetooth. Can you tell me how to set it up for USB in the mac?
Thanks!
Ortwin Gentz
@Louis, it just appears as one more Ethernet Port (in my case en4) that you can add in the Network prefs. Configure it using DHCP and you’re done.
If this still doesn’t work, please check whether the AppleUSBEthernetHost kext is loaded:
kextstat | grep AppleUSBEthernetHost
Richard Tigges
My MacBook indeed shows a problem with AppleUSBEthernetHost.kext when starting up and when connecting my USB-cable and iPhone 3G.
This seems to be the reason why i only can iPhone tether via Bluetooth and not via USB. How can I update my AppleUSBEthernetHost.kext or solve the problem in another way?
best regards
Richard
Ortwin Gentz
@Richard: Can you check the checksum using
md5 /System/Library/Extensions/AppleUSBEthernetHost.kext/Contents/MacOS/AppleUSBEthernetHost
In my case, it is 7d6d7b7a9387a3fdbb17c82da10dad31. If it’s not the same or the file is not existant, consider a reinstall of iTunes. The file is included in the iPhoneSystemComponents sub-package.