[Turps]

I still cant seem to work out the BT. But having no problems with tethering.
So if anyone has some tips for tehtering on a Vista machine that would be nice. As the phone and computer seem to be able to find each other. And the computer lists 3 things it can share.
But the phone says not connected. I did make up a pass key though. if that makes a difference.

[fulltimecasual]

Note: when tethering on Optus and Optus' completely shitty network drops out (which will happen approximately 12 seconds in, then every minute or two after) your iphone will stop displaying the sexy blue "I'm Tethering" thingy... But it will still be tethering and draining the battery, so remember to switch it off!

And they seriously expect us to pay an extra $10 a month for this shit?

[laughingbird]

Could someone who has already picked up their 3GS confirm that this help.benmat.at method of enabling tethering definitely works on the 3GS. I can't think of any reason why it would work on the 3G but not the 3GS, but just in case...

EDIT: Okay, I can now answer my own question. Yes, it works.

[f2008]

Originally Posted by laughingbird

Could someone who has already picked up their 3GS confirm that this help.benmat.at method of enabling tethering definitely works on the 3GS. I can't think of any reason why it would work on the 3G but not the 3GS, but just in case...

EDIT: Okay, I can now answer my own question. Yes, it works.

how did you get tethering to work on your new iphone 3G s ? i cant and i did but it disapered from my phone. Any help mate.

[laughingbird]

Originally Posted by f2008

how did you get tethering to work on your new iphone 3G s ? i cant and i did but it disapered from my phone. Any help mate.

I used the "Tether Me" one that scottsworld posted:

Originally Posted by scottsworld

what about going to this site, (on your phone)
and then just selecting your carrier from dropdown list.
done!
Tether me!

YMMV but it worked straight off for me. It explains how to do it on the page when you get there.

[standinside]

can anyone confirm/speculate that with the tethering hack on page 2

http://weave.zarack.com/OptusTetherv1.mobileconfig

will optus find out im using tethering or not? so if i use it, will they charge me $10?

[SilverJ]

I have had pretty good speed results just then, with working MMS.

This is the method I used and then the results below.

1. Go to Tether me!
2. Click 'Enter an APN manually?'
3. Enter 'yesinternet' (without the ') into the APN box
4. Enter your email into the email box and hit send
5. When the email lands in your inbox open the attachment and install the settings
6. Do what I posted previously and the APN should read yesinternet

[olfella]

I have two sims I use Voda and Telstra. Can I tether both of them at once or would I have to keep reloading when I swap the sims?
Thanks - Eric

[ozron]

Our DSL connection was down for a whole day on Wednesday while we were being upgraded to ADSL2+, but the data tethering worked a treat over Telstra.

Hooked it up to the MBP via USB and automagically worked flawlessly. However when I plugged it into a Dell Win XP it didn't come up. Meh...

[crb83]

I used TETHER ME with no dramas yet.

Has anyone received a bill yet?

[peterjcat]

Originally Posted by crb83

I used TETHER ME with no dramas yet.

Has anyone received a bill yet?

Yeah I've had a bill since I started tethering using yesinternet, $59.00 exactly on a $59 cap.

[jonargall]

Hey,
I've just plugged my iPhone in to sync with iTunes and it's telling me that there are new carrier settings available from Optus.
Does anyone know whether this will break my tethering, or make the tethering visible to Optus?
I'm using the tethering config file from http://weave.zarack.com/OptusTetherv1.mobileconfig .
Thanks.

[Cybix]

Originally Posted by jonargall

Hey,
I've just plugged my iPhone in to sync with iTunes and it's telling me that there are new carrier settings available from Optus.
Does anyone know whether this will break my tethering, or make the tethering visible to Optus?
I'm using the tethering config file from http://weave.zarack.com/OptusTetherv1.mobileconfig .
Thanks.

I had the same mobileconfig file on my iPhone... I just took the plunge and updated the carrier file because i got sick of iTunes pestering me...

my mobileconfig file is still there, tethering is still working

[gtext]

Can anyone on Telstra confirm whether "tether me" is the preferred for Telstra tethering and if it changes the APN from telstra.iph and that causes any issues regarding billing data pack use etc.

And oh it's for tethering to a vista laptop. Any issues there?

[Exocet]

Originally Posted by gtext

Can anyone on Telstra confirm whether "tether me" is the preferred for Telstra tethering and if it changes the APN from telstra.iph and that causes any issues regarding billing data pack use etc.

And oh it's for tethering to a vista laptop. Any issues there?

Check the front page - today's how-to written by Beau provides great tethering on Telstra.

[gtext]

Originally Posted by Exocet

Check the front page - today's how-to written by Beau provides great tethering on Telstra.

Thanks Exocet. I'll have a look.

[David Turnedge]

Some help with this? I am on Telstra but all I get is the 'contact Telstra' dialog when I try to set up tethering... anyone fancy giving me a step-by-step?

[matthew858]

Originally Posted by David Turnedge

Some help with this? I am on Telstra but all I get is the 'contact Telstra' dialog when I try to set up tethering... anyone fancy giving me a step-by-step?

Have you tried rebooting the iPhone? This seems to fix it for almost everyone. If this doesn't work, use the Tether Me URL above to re-download the carrier bundle.

[gumby08]

Does anyone know if the firmware update 3.0.1 breaks tethering?

[David Turnedge]

Finally! I did it! I tried to download all sorts of stuff to get tethering working on Telstra when I noticed help.benm.at had a custom mobile config feature... so I tried that as a last resort.. just set it to telstra.iph with no user name or password with tethering turned on... done... simple... no idea why the various mobileconfigs I downloaded didn't work... but now I can use tethering... finally...