iPhone 3GS Tethering with Firmware 3.1.3

With the release of firmware 3.1.3 the tethering option is back on the iPhone. After the reboot of the iPhone you get additional fields in the 'Cellular Data Network' section in the 'Network' menu (Settings -> General -> Network -> Cellular Data Network). Just enter the appropriate information in the APN field (for KPN in the Netherlands enter internet in the APN field) and the Internet Tethering option is back (w00t) in the 'Network' menu.

Just follow the following images clockwise, starting at the 'Cellular Data' image.

After i paired the iPhone with my MacBook over Bluetooth, I had the option of connecting to a network... The Internet network in this case :-)

When I connected the iPhone to my iMac with the USB cable I got the following message;

So everything seems to work.... Finally

I just hope that we don't get a firmware update (3.1.3.1) tomorrow, which removes this excellent feature. You never know with Apple.

Note: I had installed a carrier profile somewhere last year (which didn't help back then) from http://www.benm.at. I did remove this profile, and rebooted the iPhone. No idea if this actually helped in getting it to work.

Update on Thursday, February 4, 2010 at 8:38 by Willem

It seems that results do vary. There are two major issues:

1. T-Mobile customers.... sorry, you're (probably) out of luck.
2. When you experimented with the mobile profiles from e.g. http://www.benm.at you need to remove that profile. Remember that you'll probably have to reconfigure your MMS settings (my MMS APN value was gone). A complete restore might also help in getting rid of old settings.

Comments

[TheGooch]

My phone doesn't have a Cellular network option..its a 3GS on Softbanks network running OS 3.1.3.