OS 3.0 Beta 2 Update: The info provided in this post works for the latest Beta 2 of iPhone OS 3.0, too.
My German partner site iPhone-notes.de proudly presents updated carrier bundles that unlock the latest iPhone OS 3.0 Internet Tethering and MMS features.
Basically the steps described by iPhone-notes.de blogger André Sendowski are completed within just 5 seconds and allow you to share your iPhone’s Internet connection via USB and Bluetooth.
All you need is an iPhone 3G which runs the current iPhone OS 3.0 beta. Your phone doesn’t need to be jailbroken! So plain old regular T-Mobile Germany iPhones will do just fine.
If you speak German, head over there and get the details!
In case you don’t but happen to have a contract with any of the German mobile operators, here’s a brief description in English:
Download the appropriate .ipcc file. You might want to use Firefox as Safari tends to mess around with bundles.
Here are direct links to the downloads provided by iPhone-notes.de.
Note: The T-Mobile Germany carrier bundle download below is the only one not pointing to the iPhone-notes.de site as I could not confirm the one over there working. Instead it links to a version which definitely worked on my fresh, clean T-Mobile Germany iPhone 3G.
- BASE (APN: eplus, User: gprs, Password: <leave blank>)
- E-Plus (APN: eplus, User: gprs, Password: <leave blank>)
- T-Mobile (APN: internet.t-mobile, User: t-mobile, Password: tm)
- Vodafone (APN: web.vodafone.de, User: vodafone, Password: vodafone)
- o2 (APN: internet, User: <leave blank>, Password: <leave blank)
Next open iTunes with your iPhone 3G connected via USB. Click the Check for Update button while pressing the Option key. Navigate to the downloaded carrier bundle and select it.
After a few seconds your carrier settings have been updated. Restart your iPhone 3G. Try out Tethering by going to Settings > General > Network > Internet Tethering.
Thanks to André for this fantastic work!
(There’s an additional post available here, outlining confirmed solutions for T-Mobile and Vodafone that work on my devices. You might want to go there now.)
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Note: Seems as if MMS does not work for T-Mobile Germany with the pre-configured
APN: internet.t-mobile
User: t-mobile
Password: tm
We are investigating. Keeping you posted.
Resolved. Updated the carrier bundle download link in the post. Definitely works with non jailbroken T-Mobile iPhone 3Gs. Happy MMS-ing.