December 2, 2024
How to Use Your iPhone as a Wireless Modem

How to Use Your iPhone as a Wireless Modem

Posted August 1, 2008 at 1:21pm by iClarified
These are instructions on how to use your iPhone as modem to access the Internet. This is known as tethering.

The act of tethering your iPhone to gain internet access through your computer may or may not be allowed by your cellular network. Please make sure you check as we cannot be responsible for any charges incurred.

To follow this tutorial you must have a jailbroken iPhone running the 2.0 firmware. You can find instructions on how to do this here: 2G iPhone, 3G iPhone.


Step One
Press to launch Cydia from your SpringBoard.
How to Use Your iPhone as a Wireless Modem

Step Two
Press to select the Install tab at the bottom of the screen.
How to Use Your iPhone as a Wireless Modem

Step Three
Press to select Networking from the list of sections.
How to Use Your iPhone as a Wireless Modem

Step Four
Press to select 3proxy from the list of packages.
How to Use Your iPhone as a Wireless Modem

Step Five
Press the Install button at the top right of the screen.
How to Use Your iPhone as a Wireless Modem

Step Six
Press the Confirm button at the top right of the screen.
How to Use Your iPhone as a Wireless Modem

Step Seven
Once installation has successfully completed press the Close Window button.
How to Use Your iPhone as a Wireless Modem

Step Eight
Press the Install tab at the bottom of the screen to return to the sections list.
How to Use Your iPhone as a Wireless Modem

Step Nine
Press to select Terminal Support from the list of sections.
How to Use Your iPhone as a Wireless Modem

Step Ten
Press to select MobileTerminal from the list of packages.
How to Use Your iPhone as a Wireless Modem

Step Eleven
Press the Install button at the top right of the screen.
How to Use Your iPhone as a Wireless Modem

Step Twelve
Press the Confirm button at the top right of the screen.
How to Use Your iPhone as a Wireless Modem

Step Thirteen
Once installation has successfully completed press the Close Window button.
How to Use Your iPhone as a Wireless Modem

Step Fourteen
Press the Home button on your iPhone and the phone should restart. If it does not then please restart the phone manually.

Once you iPhone has booted back up you should notice a new Terminal icon on your Springboard.
How to Use Your iPhone as a Wireless Modem

Step Fifteen
Now on your computer select the Airport Menu from the toolbar at the top right of your screen. From the dropdown click to select Create Network
How to Use Your iPhone as a Wireless Modem

Step Sixteen
A popup will appear asking you to name your network. I called mine iClarified's Tether. Then click the OK button.
How to Use Your iPhone as a Wireless Modem

Step Seventeen
On your iPhone press to select Settings from your Springboard.
How to Use Your iPhone as a Wireless Modem

Step Eighteen
The press to select Wi-Fi from the Settings Menu.
How to Use Your iPhone as a Wireless Modem

Step Nineteen
Now press to select the network name you created (iClarified's Tether).
How to Use Your iPhone as a Wireless Modem

Step Twenty
Now press the Blue Arrow next to the network name you created (iClarified's Tether).
How to Use Your iPhone as a Wireless Modem

Step Twenty One
Take note of the IP Address that appears. In my case it was 169.254.115.1.
How to Use Your iPhone as a Wireless Modem

Step Twenty Two
Press the Home button then press to launch Terminal from your Springboard. When Terminal launches type in socks and press the return button.
How to Use Your iPhone as a Wireless Modem

Step Twenty Three
Now press the Home button and launch Safari from your springboard. Try to load a webpage (ie www.google.com). Notice your iPhone will automatically switch to 3G from wifi once it realizes the adhoc network isn't working
How to Use Your iPhone as a Wireless Modem

Step Twenty Four
Now on your computer open Firefox and select Preferences from the Firefox Menu.
How to Use Your iPhone as a Wireless Modem

Select the Advanced tab and then Network subtab. From here click the Settings... button.
How to Use Your iPhone as a Wireless Modem

Choose Manual proxy configuration and enter the IP Address we wrote down earlier in the SOCKS Host field. Make the associated port 1080 and blank out the rest of the fields then click the OK button.
How to Use Your iPhone as a Wireless Modem

Step Twenty Five
In your browser address bar navigate to the address about:config. You will notice a Filter field. Type in socks
How to Use Your iPhone as a Wireless Modem

Step Twenty Six
Double click the line called network.proxy.socks_remote_dns to change its value from false to true. Now exit and restart Firefox.
How to Use Your iPhone as a Wireless Modem

Step Twenty Seven
And there you go! You should be able to now use your iPhone 2G/3G as a wireless modem for your computer! ie Tether your iPhone.
How to Use Your iPhone as a Wireless Modem

NOTES***:
You may want to go back into Terminal on your iPhone and hold down the Home key for several seconds to terminate socks.
Add Comment
Would you like to be notified when someone replies or adds a new comment?
Yes (All Threads)
Yes (This Thread Only)
No
iClarified Icon
Notifications
Would you like to be notified when we post a new Apple news article or tutorial?
Yes
No
Comments (10)
You must login or register to add a comment...
ADR
ADR - October 7, 2008 at 3:43am
after months of frustration i finally found this great tutorial on this site which have works way better then the tutorial here....thanks me later http://www.iphonehacks.com/2008/09/iphone-pdanet.html#more
Iman
Iman - August 4, 2008 at 4:05am
How to do this if im using Window XP?
Ego
Ego - August 4, 2008 at 12:56am
::puts flame suit on:: forgive me for asking...but if your iphone automatically switches to wifi when tethered to your computer then what difference does it make if your computer uses the same wifi signal? or does it switch back to 3G after it tethers and allows your computer to use the 3G signal instead?
Rollo Martins
Rollo Martins - August 2, 2008 at 11:43am
Would it be possible to teach mobile safari cached browsing using this proxy app? Would be valuable...
Nicole
Nicole - August 2, 2008 at 8:38am
doe this work for t-mobile?
allard14
allard14 - August 2, 2008 at 7:09am
i cant find 3proxy.. it isnt in the list of programs.. anybody else?
Dylan
Dylan - August 1, 2008 at 5:40pm
netshare is back up check it out
dtube
dtube - August 1, 2008 at 4:56pm
thank you ... thank you ... I've been wanting a tutorial for this ... you're the best ..../dtube
Elvis
Elvis - August 1, 2008 at 2:37pm
can we have this if we did this in Windows!
ATMB
ATMB - August 1, 2008 at 1:46pm
Wonderful! Now Netshare is eventually useless... long live and prosperity to 3proxy!
Recent. Read the latest Apple News.
RECENT
Tutorials. Help is here.
TUTORIALS
Where to Download macOS Sonoma
Where to Download macOS Ventura
AppleTV Firmware Download Locations
Where To Download iPad Firmware Files From
Where To Download iPhone Firmware Files From
Deals. Save on Apple devices and accessories.
DEALS