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    • CONFIRMED: iPhone 3.1 Update Removes Tethering Trick

    By Michael Klurfeld on September 9, 2009

    Well, shit. The iPhone OS 3.1 update breaks the tethering trick that was present in earlier versions of the iPhone 3.0 firmware. This is awful because tethering was sick: you could be stranded in an airport, and all you had to avoid paying a million dollars to Boingo or some other awful “hotspot” company was to plug in your iPhone. And bam! But we have confirmed it.

    What’s really annoying is that iPhone 3.1 won’t even have a tethering feature through AT&T. Though I’m not sure if I really care. iPhone customers pay $30 a month for their data plans. Yet chances are that AT&T will require an lot of extra cash just to pull down internet over a laptop. The worst part is that they’ll still probably find a way to sucker me into paying for it.

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    1. September 9, 2009 at 8:12 pm
      Aaron

      Any word on getting it working again with a little jailbreaking action?

    2. September 9, 2009 at 8:32 pm
      Stephen

      Sounds one of your staff is down a tetherable iPhone. At least your sacrifice did some good.

    3. September 9, 2009 at 8:58 pm
      Nock

      This is shit! I need that ability but AT&T is like the government, see a good thing and find a way to piss someone off by charging more for somthing they should get free!!!

      • September 10, 2009 at 2:46 pm
        Fred

        Are you talking about the previous administration type government or the current one? If you’re talking about the Bush Administration then YES they are kinda like that. I agree Tethering should be free since we’re already paying for the data plan which is a lot more than the AT&T internet I have at home.

      • September 12, 2009 at 3:47 pm
        TJ

        Apple / AT&T control the iPhone WAY TOO MUCH. They should only charge $.01 since the users don’t get ANY FREEDOM of use.

      • September 14, 2009 at 6:12 am
        John

        Hey Fred, stop being an idiot. This is a tech site. But I do remind you that it wasn’t the Bush administration that surrounded itself with communists, socialists and domestic terrorists, as well as trying to tax the hell out of the people. I don’t recall Bush ever crying about being criticized like your current bozo president. Stop drinking the kool-aid and get your facts right.

      • October 5, 2009 at 11:31 am
        Bryan

        Amen John. One both counts.

      • October 5, 2009 at 11:31 am
        Bryan

        Amen John. On both counts.

    4. September 10, 2009 at 1:08 am
      stbb

      so, who is bothered with the update then? a phone is a phone. :)

    5. September 10, 2009 at 3:11 am
      JaredKaragen

      I had os 3.0, added the tethering profile.

      I upgraded to os 3.0.1, tethering profile still present and worked.

      Today, I updated to 3.1, and the profile is still active! I can enable/disable my tethering ability just as before.

      I dont know why yours aint working!

    6. September 10, 2009 at 4:41 am
      Cory

      @JaredK the profile still exists but you will not find Tethering under your Network Settings.

      It DOES NOT work in 3.1.

    7. September 10, 2009 at 6:10 am
      LAMC

      Tethering still up and running on my phone. Don’t know why its working for some but not others. I did not sync and I did not have the tethering enabled when I downloaded the update. Hopefully that will help someone find a reason here.

      Cheers.

    8. September 10, 2009 at 9:42 am
      Mike

      I have several iPhones.. I tested with 3G upgraded to 3.1 and although I could download a mobileconfig, the tethering was not there…

      I am keeping my 3GS on 3.01 – no reason to upgrade really, not enough of a reason to give up tethering…

      if someone finds a pattern, let me know :)

    9. September 10, 2009 at 10:37 am
      Jtrain

      If you upgraded to3.1 with tethering disabled you are fine until you plug in to any computer with itunes 9. As soon as the iPhone is added to the devices list, you are screwed. No more tethering

    10. September 10, 2009 at 11:19 am
      Cowboy

      So, If I upgrade using my desktop, but remove itunes from laptop, it should still work? I only want to tether to laptop anyway!

    11. September 10, 2009 at 11:51 am
      Ricardo J Rivera-Rodríguez

      I believe Itunes 9 is the reason. As soon you sync your iphone with Itunes 9 it blows the hack.

    12. September 10, 2009 at 11:55 am
      Cowboy

      Thanks, I need the tether so I’ll keep 3.01 till more info comes in…Funny my AT&T Blackjack had an internal file that enabled tethering and my whole company used it. Other AT&T phone tether without extra charge, WTF with iPhone?

    13. September 10, 2009 at 12:42 pm
      DeusExMachina

      My setup:
      iTunes 9 on Win7 64bit
      iPhone on 3.0.1 not yet updated to 3.1
      Tethering is still working.

    14. September 10, 2009 at 2:01 pm
      Cowboy

      same here, but we are talking about tethering on 3.1 not 3.01, that works great

    15. September 10, 2009 at 3:14 pm
      Cowboy

      well crap, based on several posts, I upgraded and tehter disappeaared. Now I’m screwed until someone figures it out.

    16. September 10, 2009 at 5:29 pm
      clark

      I synced my 3.01 with itunes 9 and tether still works so I’m pretty sure it’s the iphone update that brings it. I’m not upgrading until I know tether works. Why Apple continues to let ATT ruin the iphone is beyond me!

    17. September 10, 2009 at 8:20 pm
      Suicida|

      Its because we live in an OLIGARHY!

    18. September 10, 2009 at 10:14 pm
      Lucas Knorr

      Great, just what I needed, AFTER installing the update!

    19. September 14, 2009 at 5:23 pm
      Grogie

      I refuse to update to 3.1! Tethering to my MacBook is very cool.

    20. September 17, 2009 at 5:05 pm
      Alex

      I am really thankful I didn’t update. I love my tethering. According to Benm at, they are working on another hack to enable tethering. Hopefully they will come thru.

    21. September 18, 2009 at 11:06 am
      mike

      i upgraded to 3.1, but want to get back to 3.01 b/c i need the tethering – any ideas?

    22. September 18, 2009 at 8:38 pm
      steved

      Still see that some think this is att pushing apple, it is apple. Att is one of 100s of global carries apple uses. This is a global apple decision. Put the blame where it is due. This is not the first time apple retroactively took away a feature that 1) owners were happily using and 2) did not put the phone integrity at risk (aka greed over caring about customers).

    23. September 19, 2009 at 2:46 pm
      Cat

      Don’t worry, I’m sure the jailbreak is just around the corner ^^

    24. September 23, 2009 at 1:29 pm
      hollabillz

      http://www.apple.com/iphone/softwareupdate/

      Not worth giving up tethering. I’ll pass yo! :D D

    25. October 4, 2009 at 2:14 pm
      MJW

      #Tether #iPhone #3.1 with #AT&T, Use #Cydia’s Tether.app, need #Jailbroken 3.1 and Mac to tether, Other apps require carrier file

      IF YOU ALREADY UPGRADED TO 3.1, and you want to still tether, THERE IS A WAY…

      TETHER YOUR iPHONE 3G (S) 3.1 using cydia app called “Tether”, you need a jailbroken iPhone 3.1 and a Mac computer that you will be tethering to…

      I was about to downgrade to 3.0.1 when i lost tethering… but the app is simple enough and as long as you have a mac, you can TETHER iPhone 3.1!!!

      other apps like “MyWiFi” that use the carrier hack will not work, the WiFi generated connection will, but the tethering itself is broken…

      BUT “Tether” app works from cydia on 3.1

      Hope this can save a bunch of people headaches from downgrading

    26. October 6, 2009 at 10:48 pm
      WileE

      @steved – No, it is not Apple taking the feature away. It is purely up to the carrier to allow tethering. In the US, ATT is to blame for this, just as they were to blame for not allowing MMS messages on 3.0. This is not an Apple decision.

    27. October 10, 2009 at 3:05 pm
      GSE

      When will Apple realise that there is a world outside ATT and the US, why do we accept this crap.

      Nokia allows any of their handsets to tether with a Mac, it cares about what it’s customers want.

      I am going back to Nokia, Apple needs to understand that it’s their customers who keep them in business and not ATT !!!!

    28. October 17, 2009 at 7:13 am
      lmaleman

      HEY-ANYONE HAVE THE SITE TO TRY TO TETHER AN IPHONE 3GS TO MY L.T.??

    29. October 19, 2009 at 1:02 pm
      PAUL

      WHAT THE HELL!!?? 3.1 and POOF!! Tether is gone…SHIT!!!!!!!!!!
      Any help here? On windows and CAN’T do a retrograde “undate”…. :-(

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