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iOS 4.2.1 tethering gone.

Hi there, I have following issue:

Internet tethering options and internet tethering itself is gone on my iPhone 3G under iOS 4.2.1.

* iPhone is NOT Jailbroken, never, ever, was.
* iPhone is officially unlocked.
* My carrier officially supports tethering (in fact I PAY for it).
* It was there in iOS 4.1
* It was there in iPhone OS 3.x days

I remember Apple did the same in iOS 4.0 days.

Question - anyone have same syndroms? I allready know it's common but I wanted to ask on international boards.

Any Advice? Custom IPCC? Downgrade? JAILBREAK?

I allready sent feedback to Apple: http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html
I'd like you to also send feedback to Apple about this issue, since it's big one IMHO - Apple DID advertise iPhone with tethering feature back in the day and now its SECOND TIME they "forget" to enable this option.

iMac C2D, Mac OS X (10.6.5), 2.66 GHz, 2GB 1066 MHz DDR3 RAM

Posted on Nov 23, 2010 3:20 AM

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Posted on Nov 23, 2010 4:55 AM

The same problem. Used tethering only last week, and now it's gone again 😟

For me it's been on and off since 3.0. Apparently Apple's turning this feature on and off according to AT&T's whims...This is really frustrating. I live in Norway with an unlocked phone (legit, not jailbroken), AT&T shouldn't have a say in whether or not I can tether my phone...
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Nov 23, 2010 4:55 AM in response to l.handke

The same problem. Used tethering only last week, and now it's gone again 😟

For me it's been on and off since 3.0. Apparently Apple's turning this feature on and off according to AT&T's whims...This is really frustrating. I live in Norway with an unlocked phone (legit, not jailbroken), AT&T shouldn't have a say in whether or not I can tether my phone...

Nov 23, 2010 9:57 AM in response to l.handke

Hi I,hanke
Same here I'm afraid.
I have a iPhone 3G - Officially unlocked and while not with an iPhone official carrier (eMobile / Meteor) have been able to manually enter the APN data settings all the way through 3.1.3, 4.0, 4.1, etc
That was until I updated yesterday to 4.2.1 - no tethering - Disappeared!
I would be interested in the response from Apple support.

Keep us posted!

Nov 23, 2010 12:20 PM in response to Merged Content 1

Switzerland, Swisscom carrier - iPhone 3G
3.1.3 --> tethering
updated to 4.0 --> tethering present, but doesn't work.
updated to 4.2 --> tethering works
updated to 4.2.1 --> no tethering, option is gone from software.

I don't think this is a carrier thing, but built-in into the software. Or is there any country where tethering still works with an iPhone 3G and iOS 4.2.1 ?

Nov 23, 2010 1:08 PM in response to l.handke

I am here in Germany with an offically unlocked iPhone 3G from t-mobile.

Nowadays I use a SIM Card from SIMYO, who offically allow tethering but woh do not have an offical carrier settings file (which *****, apple, it is so annoying to see these "call forwarding popups" but that is a different problem)

On 4.1 tethering was configurable and worked like a charm. With the update to 4.2.1 tethering is gone. Restoring did not help, with or without backup. Inserting my old t-mobile SIM card did not help either.

This is really nasty. I want it get fixed NOW!

iOS 4.2.1 tethering gone.

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