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How To Tether Your iPhone: No JailBreak Required

Monday, 7 September 2009 · Print Post 23 Comments

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So I have been working on the road a lot lately, sometimes it gets boring working at home. So I have been going to the beach past couple weeks and using my iphone to tether to the laptop. I have been getting a lot of questions about the tether via Twitter and Facebook, so I will post it here.

The tether is very simple and very basic. Even though ATT will release a way for users to tether their iPhone, this is a temp fix or hack to get it up and running right now. NOW, this is how I did it and it should work for you. If you are going to tether all your other laptops as well, make sure they have the newest release of iTunes with iPhone compatibilities. This tether will not work on new PCs without iTunes.

Also, make sure you check your data usage via your ATT account online. You do not want to abuse this because ATT may flag you. Another thing is this will work with the new iPhone upgrade 3.0.1 (I checked my version, 09/07/09). I am unsure if this will work with prior versions.

Ok so lets get tethering…

iphone-tether-head

To tether your iPhone to any laptop just do these following steps. (for me PC, sad face)

Visit http://help.benm.at/tethering.php on you Safari Browser on your iPhone
Select Your Country – Important
Select Mobile Service Provider
You will see a screen asking you to Install a Profile, Install
Once completed. Go to Settings -> General -> Network -> Internet Tethering
Set Tethering On, you will them be prompted to access it via Bluetooth or USB
Select USB and plugin your iPhone via USB
Tethered Success!

I have not tried it via my Bluetooth on my Netbook but tethering via USB is fine, plus it charges my iPhone.

That is all that is needed to tether your iPhone to your laptop or netbook. Once it has successfully tethered you will see a blue bar at the top of your iPhone saying Internet Tethering.

The important part is when you plugin your iPhone you should see a new connection within your “Network Connections” (PC). If you see that then you are officially connected to the internet and can start browsing the web. It is amazing how fast it is as well. I use it to heck email, check stats, browse the web and there seems to be no lag.

It does slow down a bit if I have multiple browser tabs open, but on a single website it is fast.

Now again, if the tethering does not work and you do not see the apple connection via your network connections, then you may have to upgrade your iTunes. If you do not have the latest iTunes with the compatibility for the iPhone then it will not work.

It will also not work, if you plug it into another PC and that PC does not have iTunes. It needs iTunes.

I would also caution you to check your data limits with your ATT account, so this way you can see how much you have been using. So don’t do any downloads, well BIG downloads anyways with your iPhone Tethering. I been using it soley for web base apps and services.

So that answers the question “How to Tether the iPhone”! Happy surfing!

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InstantEmailCapture said:

Awesome….. I was looking for a way to do this. Good Job Ian!

- 7 September 2009 at 1:03 pm

Frank said:

When I install the new profile it still does give me the tehering option in settings. I am running the newest version on my iPhone??? Please help.

- 7 September 2009 at 2:47 pm

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- 8 September 2009 at 4:02 pm

Aluminum Case said:

Be sure you are careful about what your cell phone data plan covers. Using a cell phone for laptop internet usage is an easy way to rack up a 3-4 digit phone bill. I only recommend doing this if you have an unlimited data plan. Anything less and you will be quickly over your limit.

- 9 September 2009 at 4:46 pm

List Building Blog said:

I am always checking the data usage via ATT.
Ive always updated it also.

- 9 September 2009 at 7:36 pm

become a police officer said:

Yeah I prefer the bluetooth method only because I dont have any annoying cords in the way.
-Jack

- 10 September 2009 at 5:05 pm

business mobiles said:

Good job Ian, Its very good info. Thanks for this.

- 11 September 2009 at 4:14 am

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Hi, first time here at this blog. I found that its very informative and interesting. I can learn a lot about blogging here.

- 12 September 2009 at 1:15 am

Fibreglass Swimming Pools said:

Recommend doing this if you have an unlimited data plan. Anything less and you will be quickly over your limit.

- 16 September 2009 at 7:06 am

EarningStep said:

thanks for sharing this .. i just got my iphone last week .. i am using it now and this will need me to play more with my iphone

- 16 September 2009 at 10:39 am

Chris Peterson said:

Hi Ian,
This is cool & informative. What impressed me the most is that this post is in sync with the kinda needs of your readers. Simple tech to get to move around & tether.Fabulous!

- 18 September 2009 at 2:02 am

William said:

Is there any word on getting tethering back after it seems to have been killed by the 3.1 update?

- 18 September 2009 at 4:34 pm

Jim Hughey said:

When I install the new profile it still does give me the tehering option in settings. I am running the newest version on my iPhone??? 3.1 Please help.

- 27 September 2009 at 10:40 am

Rebecca said: