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Trouble:
I have recently jailbroken an iPhone I got from AT&T USA and brought it to India. In India I inserted an AirTel SIM in my Apple iPhone but the GPRS was not working. The GPRS settings are generally found in “Settings > General > Network > Cellular Data Network” screen as seen below
But this option was missing on my iPhone 3GS. This was missing because the apple restricts the settings editing from user. In this article I will share three methods of changing the GPRS APN settings when the option is missing.
Fix:
There are three methods, one through browser, one through a cydia app and other through file editing. I will explain all three in this article.
First of all, find your manual GPRS settings from your service provider or carrier. You can also find Free GPRS settings for India here.
Change iPhone APN Settings Through Safari Browser [Quick and Easy Way]
1. Connect your iPhone to some wifi/wireless network which can give your iPhone Internet access.
2. From your iPhone Safari browser, open the website : unlockit.co.nz and click Continue
3. Click on Custom APN
4. Type the APN settings for your carrier, in my case, it was airtelgprs.comand click on create profile.
5. Save the profile and re-start your iPhone. Your phone should now be working with the GPRS settings.
Enable Cellular Data Network Settings On iPhone Using APN Editing App
For this you can download the app called “APN Editing”
This app should work on iPhone 2G/3G, not sure of 3GS, because it did not install on my 3GS. If this application installs on your phone, its good, else see the method below.
Enable Cellular Data Network Settings Though File Editing [Geek Method]
1. Download and Install OpenSSH app from Cedia
2. Download and Install WinSCP client for Windows. Run the client and connect to your iPhone using SFTP over the wifi network. The Host Name will be IP address visible in
“Settings > General > Wifi > <Network Name>”
username will be “root”
password will be “alpine” for iPhone 3Gs
3. Browse to the following location on the WinSCP client
“/System/Library/Carrier Bundles/<carrier name>” and copy the “carrier.plist” file from this folder. carrier name is the folder name that depends on which carrier you are using. For example, in my case, it was Airtel India, so the path is:
/System/Library/Carrier Bundles/BhartiAirtel_in.bundle
4. Download and run pledit software and open the file “carrier.plist” downloaded in above step with pledit editor
and paste the following code just after the “<dict>” tag in this file:
<key>AllowEDGEEditing</key>
<true/>
Save the file after making changes as seen below.
5. Copy the Saved file back to the same folder in the iPhone. Restart the iPhone and the settings will be enabled.
After all this research, I got my GPRS working, see the proof below 
Hope you find this article useful.
Tags: enable-edge-settings-on-iphone, enable-gprs-edge-apn-settings-on-iphone-3gs, enable-gprs-settings-on-iphone-3gs
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Author + Admin: Rohit KhuranaSoftware Engineer by profession. I am a part time tech blogger and believe in blogging because I enjoy writing on technology. I also write about Cars and Bikes at www.carblogindia.com. You can catch me on twitter @rohit_khurana. Get in touch with me at RohitKhurana.in.
Well done Rohit !!
You are becoming master in everything these days !!
Let me try this steps and post the results later…
[...] The idea was fine, and I had already accessed my iPhone using FTP To Enable my GPRS Settings On My iPhone 3Gs [...]
hi, i’ve done everything possible but still cannot get my Cellone Prepaid gprs working on my iPhone 2g 3.0 FW..
can u help somehow ? There’s this iPhone Configuration utility as well for both Mac n win. by that also u can create a profile in which you can add proxies n port no.
But still no luck..
The AllowAPNeditting is also enabled..
I get ” E ” on top left all the time, but cannot access internet on my iPhone.. is there nething else we have to do to somehow activate GPRS usage in iPhone 2G ?
hi, i’ve done everything possible but still cannot get my Cellone Prepaid gprs and edge working on my iPhone 2g version 3.1.2 (7D11)
i try WinSCP client for Windows to but on my iphone is no folder “/System/Library/Carrier Bundles/”.
i install APN changer but nothimg works…i install APN Editing but can’t start the program. I live in thailand and used AIS 12call.
[...] Settings > General > Network > Cellular Data Network, which will show the screen like one below with your APN settings for Mobile Internet. If you are unable to see the settings, follow this tutorial first – Enable GPRS/EDGE APN Settings on Jailbroken iPhone [...]
@Arjun
Please check with the Network Customer care, they might have disabled EDGE / GPRS data plan for your connection. I also faced this problem initially.
hi Rohit
Hi,
I recently got a jailbroken 3gs updated to 3.1.2 baseband 5.11.07 .
I am using this phone on vodafone india prepaid . Initially to access vodafone’s GPRS . i created an APN using the iphone cong utilty by following the procedure mention on this link http://broadbandforum.in/vodafone-in…iphone-worked/
initially all was well and i could access the GPRS service but after installing “push fix for youtube ” via cydia , the APN comes up as “unsigned ” and cannot be removed via iphone config utilty as well. i have lost my gprs connection too. can anyone please provide instructions on how to get this “unsigned” APN issue resolved. I also tried unlockit.co.nz to install a new APN but I need to remove this unsigned APN first . the config utilty does not allow me to remove or install a new APN . do u knowhow do i remove this unsigned APN
gprs data plan is active.. i’m using the cellone prepaid.. 5 paise / 10kb.
everything’s working on e71..
am fed up dude.. seriously. I even tried a airtel post paid gprs.. it aint working.. looks like the problem is in my phone..
any other solutions ?
[...] Here you need to add the APN settings for BSNL / MTNL. If you the “Cellular Data Network” option is missing in your Network settings, then you need to enable the APN settings for your iPhone by following this tutorial – Enable APN Settings On Jail-broken iPhone [...]
Works Great with AT&T!! Thanks
[...] turned off /disabled EDGE for battery Saving. I checked whether 3G was enabled or not, i checked the APN settings on my iPhone, I checked Network connection settings, it also looked [...]
hi i went and asked airtel guys regarding my gprs settings in dumlur(bangalore) branch they tried to configure but they dint and that airtel officier said you goto coromangala for configure i went there also he said there is no apn in your mobile , so i cant he said .
finally he given one number , that guy working in another airtel showroom in sivaji nagar near indian express , he also did something and he said sir your iphone was not properly jailboken , it has to be jailbroken properly .
he said for that they will charge .
finally i lost my amount , by spending it for bus etc .
and i found exact anwser from this site
i am saying thousand thanks to person who published it ..
buy iphone in mobile store instead buying it airtel showroom , because the difference is almost 10 k .
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