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iPhone 3.0 Users; Enable Tethering in 1 Minute! NO MMS!
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Read the whole thread but not sure if this has been answered...has anyone in the UK on an O2 pay monthly contract managed to get tethering working on 3.0 using the Mobileconfig from the site on the first page? Have you lost MMS, visual voicemail or the ability to change cellular data network details?
Finally, is there a way to remove the file and replace it with the original one?
Thanks in advance
Finally, is there a way to remove the file and replace it with the original one?
Thanks in advance
got the same link from an irc chat I frequent...works perfectly on AT&T here in Chicago. No issues with VVM and it couldn't have been simpler. I used USB though as I heard the bluetooth way will drain the battery quick and I already have an extra cable from pdanet tethering.
Read the whole thread but not sure if this has been answered...has anyone in the UK on an O2 pay monthly contract managed to get tethering working on 3.0 using the Mobileconfig from the site on the first page? Have you lost MMS, visual voicemail or the ability to change cellular data network details?
Finally, is there a way to remove the file and replace it with the original one?
Thanks in advance
yes works absolutely fine and have NOT lost MMS everything works really wel...
No. Tethering uses the standard APN data settings. It looks no different as if you're just browsing using Mobile Safari. Could Apple packet check to tell? Sure. Probable? No. Not if you stay under the 5 GB (U.S.) softcap, cause then you'd have no reason to have your account flagged.
And technically, AT&T has no tethering plan available for the iPhone. You can't steal something that doesn't actually exist. That's sort of like being accused of stealing beer from a gas station that does even sell beer. As for using up high amounts of data, you'll just have to remind them that you pay for the unlimited data plan and act dumb.
Has anyone else noticed the To/From in the detailed view of their data usage shows "phone" instead of "wap.cingular.com." I even tried removing everything, but it still seems to show up that way. I'm going to try and do a full restore later to see if this resolves the issue. Anyone else seeing this?
No Cellular Data Network
I got the tethering to work but not the MMS...
There is no where where "Cellular Data Network" is on my phone....
Any thoughts or advice?
I got the tethering to work but not the MMS...
There is no where where "Cellular Data Network" is on my phone....
Any thoughts or advice?
Well that's pretty significant. Anytime you use the internet on your phone by normal means (i.e., Mobile Safari, Email, etc.) it should show up as "wap.cingular" just like you said under "view details" of your "Data usage" section in OLAM.
IF you tethered and this has now changed, then the tethering method you used (hacked .ipcc or mobileconfig file) - and that's important here - didn't change the APN to use wap.cingular. If OLAM now differentiates between showing "wap.cingular" and "phone" in the to/from of data usage, then yeah, you did something and now AT&T can possibly tell that you are tethering. If the TYPE of usage is "Internet/MEdia Net" it should say "wap.cingular," NOT "phone" (or anything else for that matter).
But as to not jump to conclusions, this is of course assuming you did tether (and again, you'd need to tell us what method you used - if you did it with a hacked .ipcc file, one could easily check to see what APN settings are used inside). If you didn't tether, then this could have been caused by something else, albeit I wouldn't know what cause like I said, generally, all data through the iPhone uses wap.cingular as the gateway. This issue needs to be looked at though, and for people tethering currently on 3.0, you guys should look at your bills as well to see if "Internet/MEdia Net" usage TYPE has changed from "wap.cingular" to "phone" since you started tethering. (I am still on 2.2.1 awaiting the jailbreak release, so I can't speak here).
I have tethered, but it seems as if it's showing up that way with the profile removed and for normal browsing (i.e. just on the phone). I am planning on doing a full restore ASAP and hoping this resolves the issue....in any case, I would still just plead ignorance if this gets noticed by AT&T. However, I am really curious if anyone else has also noticed this.
And before people start piling on telling me I must've done something wrong....I followed the instructions exactly.
Just looking at my bill and the times I tethered are the times it shows up as "wap.cingular" but the times I used the iPhone it shows "phone"
they probably can tell who is tethering and who is not...
Where did you find that on your bill? I can't find anything that shows the different times I used it
You need to click on the Data tab and then click view details. This should show all the data access times.
Thanks
I looked at mine and "wap.cingular" goes back to the first day of my cycle which is the 7th. I got tethering on the 16th and it shows "phone" only once. I know for sure I used more than that.
this does work i installed this 2 days ago with this method with no problem, but today my edge and 3g went out i thought it may have something to do with tethering but it was just an outage so i uninstalled this...
then when i got service again i went through these steps again but the first time it didnt work I had to in install/reinstall 4 to 5 times and now works perfect again
when not working_______________________________________________Now when working
then when i got service again i went through these steps again but the first time it didnt work I had to in install/reinstall 4 to 5 times and now works perfect again
when not working_______________________________________________Now when working
I just checked my bill. I have "wap.cingular" showing up as far back as June 1, 2009, which is way before i even tethered my phone. On my bill it does show however "wap.cingular" when i do tether. What im trying to say is that "wap.cingular" is not specifically for when you tether you phone.
I have moved to my summer house for 3 months and i have an old laptop here but it doesnt have a wifi ability, i can go wifi over my iphone but
I cant with my laptop can i use iphone tethering as wifi rather than using turkcell's edge( i live in turkey) so i dont want edge tethering but using wifi in the old laptop, any suggestions?
I cant with my laptop can i use iphone tethering as wifi rather than using turkcell's edge( i live in turkey) so i dont want edge tethering but using wifi in the old laptop, any suggestions?
Just found where it says what I've used.
Now, I'm trying to work out what it all means. But fundamentally, it's still coming up free. Will O2 see this and catch on?
16 Jun 09 19:46:56 idata.o2.co.uk 295 0.000
16 Jun 09 22:09:01 idata.o2.co.uk 3 0.000
16 Jun 09 22:42:10 wap.o2.co.uk 372 0.000
16 Jun 09 22:53:45 mobile.o2.co.uk 323 0.000
17 Jun 09 00:00:00 mobile.o2.co.uk 2888 0.000
17 Jun 09 00:41:18 wap.o2.co.uk 2321 0.000
17 Jun 09 16:58:04 idata.o2.co.uk 414 0.000
Now, I'm trying to work out what it all means. But fundamentally, it's still coming up free. Will O2 see this and catch on?
16 Jun 09 19:46:56 idata.o2.co.uk 295 0.000
16 Jun 09 22:09:01 idata.o2.co.uk 3 0.000
16 Jun 09 22:42:10 wap.o2.co.uk 372 0.000
16 Jun 09 22:53:45 mobile.o2.co.uk 323 0.000
17 Jun 09 00:00:00 mobile.o2.co.uk 2888 0.000
17 Jun 09 00:41:18 wap.o2.co.uk 2321 0.000
17 Jun 09 16:58:04 idata.o2.co.uk 414 0.000
One of the problems i've noticed is that there are literally dozens of custom/hacked .ipcc's and mobileconfig files floating around the forums, all to enable tethering. And all have different settings it seems.
There really is nothing different between .ipcc's and mobileconfigs, other than mobileconfigs can be installed via the iPhone itself. The first mobileconfig link posted in the first page of this thread has this in its APN settings:
<key>apn</key>
<string>wap.cingular</string>
<key>type-mask</key>
<integer>-2</integer>
<key>password</key>
<data>Q0lOR1VMQVIx</data>
<key>username</key>
<string>WAP@CINGULARGPRS.COM</string>
If I understand correctly, the "Username" string HAS to be WAP@CINGULAR.GPRS.COM, as shown above in the first mobileconfig file on the first page of this thread.
I know that when I stick my sim card from my 3G into an aircard, I use the wap.cingular gateway with the WAP@CINGULARGPRS.COM username and the "CINGULAR1" password, which is the typical APN used for iPhone data. With this setting, I never get charged with using my iPhone data plan in an AirCard - it looks the exact same as me using the data through the iPhone itself. I also use the CINGULAR1 password, which, again, is the standard password. I don't know what's up with the random letters in the password string above.
The next step is the "type-mask" string. With a string of -2, i THINK that's what tells it what services need to use the wap.cingular APN - in this case, -2 could mean any combination of VVM, Data, Tethering, MMS, what have you. I am not quite sure what the correct combination is, but if MMS never works for people with a -2 setting, then that probably has to be changed.
The last thing is, a 2nd APN is present under the wap.cingular one, which is the acds.voicemail one, which benm.at fixed so that visual voicemail would not be broken. That is correct.
What this boils down to is making sure that the settings in the 1st APN have the correct wap.cingular settings, and then figuring out the correct type-mask to enable MMS/Tethering/Data all through the same gateway. If people are tethering and the data being used is not showing as the normal "wap.cingular" gateway, the APN is most likely not correct in whatever mobileconfig or .ipcc that they are using. There are a few mobileconfigs and ipcc's floating around with no credentials in the username/password strings, so that may be a problem and could be a reason why when some people tether, it's not being correctly routed through wap.cingular, thus not really looking like it's normal iPhone data usage. Until the jailbreak for 3.0 comes out, i'll be unavailable to fool around with this...but if anyone else wants to, feel free. I could be totally off here as well.
There really is nothing different between .ipcc's and mobileconfigs, other than mobileconfigs can be installed via the iPhone itself. The first mobileconfig link posted in the first page of this thread has this in its APN settings:
<key>apn</key>
<string>wap.cingular</string>
<key>type-mask</key>
<integer>-2</integer>
<key>password</key>
<data>Q0lOR1VMQVIx</data>
<key>username</key>
<string>WAP@CINGULARGPRS.COM</string>
If I understand correctly, the "Username" string HAS to be WAP@CINGULAR.GPRS.COM, as shown above in the first mobileconfig file on the first page of this thread.
I know that when I stick my sim card from my 3G into an aircard, I use the wap.cingular gateway with the WAP@CINGULARGPRS.COM username and the "CINGULAR1" password, which is the typical APN used for iPhone data. With this setting, I never get charged with using my iPhone data plan in an AirCard - it looks the exact same as me using the data through the iPhone itself. I also use the CINGULAR1 password, which, again, is the standard password. I don't know what's up with the random letters in the password string above.
The next step is the "type-mask" string. With a string of -2, i THINK that's what tells it what services need to use the wap.cingular APN - in this case, -2 could mean any combination of VVM, Data, Tethering, MMS, what have you. I am not quite sure what the correct combination is, but if MMS never works for people with a -2 setting, then that probably has to be changed.
The last thing is, a 2nd APN is present under the wap.cingular one, which is the acds.voicemail one, which benm.at fixed so that visual voicemail would not be broken. That is correct.
What this boils down to is making sure that the settings in the 1st APN have the correct wap.cingular settings, and then figuring out the correct type-mask to enable MMS/Tethering/Data all through the same gateway. If people are tethering and the data being used is not showing as the normal "wap.cingular" gateway, the APN is most likely not correct in whatever mobileconfig or .ipcc that they are using. There are a few mobileconfigs and ipcc's floating around with no credentials in the username/password strings, so that may be a problem and could be a reason why when some people tether, it's not being correctly routed through wap.cingular, thus not really looking like it's normal iPhone data usage. Until the jailbreak for 3.0 comes out, i'll be unavailable to fool around with this...but if anyone else wants to, feel free. I could be totally off here as well.