{"id":86,"date":"2009-06-18T10:45:14","date_gmt":"2009-06-18T09:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.internet-tools.co.uk\/blog\/?p=86"},"modified":"2009-06-18T14:36:31","modified_gmt":"2009-06-18T13:36:31","slug":"iphone-3-0-data-tethering-on-o2-without-the-14-68-a-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.internet-tools.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/2009\/06\/18\/iphone-3-0-data-tethering-on-o2-without-the-14-68-a-month\/","title":{"rendered":"iPhone 3.0 Data Tethering on O2 (without the \u00a314.68 a month!)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi All,<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve just upgraded my iPhone to 3.0 and was alarmed to see that to utilise Internet Tethering (which frankly, would be a &#8216;last resort&#8217;), I would need to pay O2 an additioanl \u00a314.68 a month on top of my existing data connection!<\/p>\n<p>Fear not humble iPhone users, there is a solution out there. Browse to this URL from Safari on the iPhone:-<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.iphone-notes.de\/mobileconfig\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.iphone-notes.de\/mobileconfig\/\">http:\/\/www.iphone-notes.de\/mobileconfig\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Select your country and carrier,\u00a0 and download the Tethering profile (ignore the warning message)<\/p>\n<p>Note: This doesn&#8217;t mean you get data for &#8216;free&#8217;, but if you already have a &#8216;data package&#8217; it should be included within that, rather than paying a separate &#8216;Tethering&#8217; charge (like O2 are trying to get you to do!)<\/p>\n<p>When you go back into <strong>Settings, General, Network<\/strong> you will now see that the <strong>Internet Tetherin<\/strong>g is &#8216;<em>Off<\/em>&#8216; (as opposed to &#8216;set up&#8217;)<\/p>\n<p>If you now tap on the &#8220;<strong>Internet Tethering<\/strong>&#8220;, you get a new screen that allows you to enable it<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-86 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.internet-tools.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/2009\/06\/18\/iphone-3-0-data-tethering-on-o2-without-the-14-68-a-month\/generalsettingsnetwork\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.internet-tools.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/GeneralSettingsNetwork-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.internet-tools.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/2009\/06\/18\/iphone-3-0-data-tethering-on-o2-without-the-14-68-a-month\/datatethering\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.internet-tools.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/DataTethering-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><em>Just as a footnote &#8211; if you are wondering how I captured the screens on an iPhone, simply press the top power button and the home button at the same time, and the current screen is saved to the camera roll.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi All, I&#8217;ve just upgraded my iPhone to 3.0 and was alarmed to see that to utilise Internet Tethering (which frankly, would be a &#8216;last resort&#8217;), I would need to pay O2 an additioanl \u00a314.68 a month on top of my existing data connection! 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