Enable Edge and 3G on iPhone 3G with iOS 4.0

29 June 2010 View Comments By Nitin Kumar Jain

Tags: apple, apple iphone 3g, Configuration utility, enable 3G, enable EDGE, iphone, iphone 3g, jail break, unlock

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There seem to be some problem with iOS 4.0, which is restricting service providers to automatically update GPRS settings after the SIM card is inserted. It definitely worked with the previous versions of iPhone operating systems.

After successfully jail breaking and unlocking my iPhone 3G with iOS 4.0 using the direct links to all required applications, I stuck up on having my GPRS not working. I am using Airtel SIM card (India). iphone os 4.0 tools Enable Edge and 3G on iPhone 3G with iOS 4.0

The settings were automatically updated when I was on iOS 3.1.2 but with iOS 4.0 there seem to be some problem.

Anyways, I am not here to discuss problems in OS 4.0 rather solutions or temporary work around.

I looked into my iPhone completely but I could not find the “Cellular Data Network” setting under “Settings > General > Network >” so could not manually update the GPRS or APN settings.

I started Googling and found out a link using which I could make the “Cellular Data Network” visible. But none of them worked for me. I did not have GPRS working so I could not download Cydia application and/or go to the unlockit.co.nz link. I also tried using Cyder 2 to install the APN Editing application but in vain. Nothing seemed to work for me. Modifying the plist file also seemed quite a work. (Reference Link)

Somebody told me to insert Reliance GSM SIM card once and it will make the setting visible (seem to be some flaw in the Reliance GSM card) but I did not have that so another nonviable option for me.

I continued Googling and found out another link using which I could modify the APN settings without having to have it visible. That’s by using iPhone Configuration Utility 2.2 (Reference Link)

I immediately downloaded the utility and installed it on my laptop and modified the APN settings and installed the configuration profile on my iPhone and GPRS started working on my iPhone. (You may need to restart your iPhone)

Happiest man on the earth once again.

Make note of following things:

Ensure to mention both Name and Identifier under General section as both are mandatory fields.

For Airtel India only airtelgprs.com is required in the Access Point Name (APN) field.

For troubleshooting just look into Devices/<phone>/Console for error messages.

Hope it helps.

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And from here you can directly download all required files/applications to jailbreak and unlock iPhone 3G.

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Spikes said:

Hey pal. Thanks for the share. I have done whatever you said using the utility. Now I am just wondering how to install it on the phone.
Thanks.

# 29 June 2010 at 7:29 pm

Nitin Kumar Jain (author) said:

Connect your iphone, should pop up in Configuration Utility as in iTunes, go to “configuration profiles tab”, chose install, a notification should appear on your phone, choose “install”. After install it should work directly.

# 30 June 2010 at 7:14 am

Aman Chhabra said:

It works like a charm buddy… amazing thanks a ton.

# 30 June 2010 at 8:47 am

Nitin Kumar Jain (author) said:

My pleasure …. happy 2 help

# 30 June 2010 at 9:16 am

Aman Chhabra said:

im running an iphone website too. check it out… http://www.theiexperts.com.. wanna do something together. drop me an email at aman.chhabra@gmail.com

# 30 June 2010 at 9:51 am

Nitin Kumar Jain (author) said:

sure …

# 30 June 2010 at 10:02 am

Aman Chhabra said:

whats your email id.

# 30 June 2010 at 10:19 am

Nitin Kumar Jain (author) said:

Sent u an email …

# 30 June 2010 at 11:09 am

paulius said:

Wow! Am I a happy man to have solved this! Thanks a lot.
About the installation: I had to restart my iPhone 3G untill i got a notification to install configuration profile. After that, it got installed, and i was up and running.

Niiiiice

# 1 July 2010 at 3:00 pm

Nitin Kumar Jain (author) said:

@Paulius – Good to know that … enjoy your iPhone now

# 1 July 2010 at 3:08 pm

Natzoo said:

Thankyou, I have been breaking my head for this for the past week. your detailed explanation helped me to get GPRS back it is working like a charm.

# 6 July 2010 at 11:49 am

Nitin Kumar Jain (author) said:

Excellent … Thanks …

# 6 July 2010 at 12:14 pm

Iraashid said:

dude thankyou ur the man

# 6 July 2010 at 8:40 pm

Nitin Kumar Jain (author) said:

Gud to know that it helped you …

# 7 July 2010 at 8:31 am

Saurabhkhaira said:

i tried using the iphoen configuration utility but still not able to access internet. pls help.

# 11 July 2010 at 6:03 pm

Nitin Kumar Jain (author) said:

Did you restart your iPhone twice?? Have u got ur GPRS activated??

# 12 July 2010 at 7:14 am

Ibrahim_cal said:

Hi,

I have installed the airtel gprs setting in my iPhone 3G iOS 4.0 and also checked with AirTel that my mobile office is active but still unable to access internet. Can you help me plz my email id is ibrahim_cal@yahoo.com

# 28 July 2010 at 9:49 am

Nitin Kumar Jain (author) said:

Did you restart your iPhone … do it twice .. sometimes profile is not installed properly …
To verify – go to settings –> General –> (Look for the option Profile – second last option in my case in General) ……….. see if setting is correct … verified ,, and airtelgprs.com in advanced settings

# 28 July 2010 at 10:04 am

Nitin Kumar Jain (author) said:

Also check if Airtel gprs is working in your area at that particular moment .. it happened to me .. i was trying to make it work and later on was told by airtel customer care that gprs was not working in that area for that day …

# 28 July 2010 at 10:05 am

Jimmysplat said:

hey dude!!!!when im installing it is giving an error message…”PROFILE FAILED TO INSTALL. ONLY ONE APN CONFIGURATION CAN BE INSTALLED AT A TIME.” plz help me man…..
isaacpraveensomana@gmail.com

# 17 August 2010 at 7:44 pm

Jimmysplat said:

plz help me man…………i am struggling from months……my email is isaacpraveensomana@gmail.com

# 17 August 2010 at 7:56 pm

Nitin Kumar Jain (author) said:

In the configuration utility you will see the current profile also … just go and uninstall it first from the utility and then u will be able to install the new one …

# 18 August 2010 at 5:58 am

Rath001 said:

this works also on operators like RELIANCE GSM not providing GPRS for iphone 3G.

Thanks buddy,,,,,,,, great

# 27 August 2010 at 5:30 pm

Nitin Kumar Jain (author) said:

Hope the mail helped !!

# 29 August 2010 at 7:12 am

Nitin Kumar Jain (author) said:

Excellent … My pleasure

# 29 August 2010 at 7:13 am

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