Ubuntu, iPhone OS 3 and vodafone NL tethering
In iPhone OS 3 Apple decided to make it possible to use the iPhone as a modem for your computer. But they also decided to make that only possible for certain networks. However they apparently didn’t want to make it too complicated for you to ‘hack’ this.
To get it working with my Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope I had to do the following:
- Install an iPhone config file tethervodafonenlzakelijk
- Install Blueman
iPhone configuration
In this article (in Dutch) it is described how to configure the iPhone to use the Vodafone network for tethering. I have a Vodafone business account, so I used the link that’s at the end of the article: http://helvensteijn.com/files/vodafone-tether/tether.html. That is the same file as referenced above, but I downloaded it so I wouldn’t loose track of it.
What do you need to do? Download the iPhone configuration file on your iPhone. It will ask you if you trust the supplier (that’s up to you….) and, if so, install it. That’s it. You can now enable tethering by going to: Settings > General > Network > Internet Tethering.
Blueman
To install the blueman bluetooth application you need to added the blueman PPA to your Software Sources:
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/blueman/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/blueman/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
Add the blueman gpg file to the authentication tab. And install blueman:
sudo apt-get install blueman
After the install I had to run an software update to update to the latest bluetooth software:
sudo apt-get update
After that I removed the Bluetooth Manager from the Startup Applications and made sure that the Blueman Applet was in there. Since I’m lazy I restarted to remove the Bluetooth Manager and activate the Blueman Applet, but I’m sure there are more efficient ways of doing that.
When you have Blueman up and runnning, just click on the bluetooth icon in the notification area, pair the iPhone and right click on the phone to connect the network.
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