Ios 8 carrier bundle files how to#
Ios 8 carrier bundle files update#

Original type-mask 32790 1000000000010110Īs you can see by matching the bit fields up w/ the type-mask table above we are just trimming the most significant 8 bits off the top and enabling the tethering feature ( aka.

See the table below for the existing type-masks for these two entries as a binary number : The carrier profile has 4 APNs configured with only the 1st and 4th having a nonempty APN name. We just take these entries out and go back to using the old 8 bit mask. It looks like this is a new feature in iOS to validate the carrier settings w/ your provider. This number is a bit field with each bit representing a feature that is enabled or disabled ( see table below ).įor the latest AT&T carrier profile it appears that they have added “Carrier Entitlements” and started using a 16 bit type-mask instead of the standard 8 bit field. The key to making this work is the “type-mask” field in the APN configuration entries of your ist file that tells iOS what features to enable for a given APN. Delete the plist files in /private/var/mobile/Library/Carrier Bundles/Overlay, reboot phone, and reset network settings.

Ios 8 carrier bundle files update#

Upload the ist file back to the iPhone overwriting the original and update permissions with ‘chmod 644 ist’.

Using a plist editor set 1st APN with type-mask “55” and set 4th APN with type-mask “54” in the ist file.

Using a plist editor remove “Carrier Entitlements” key and dict from the ist file.

Download /System/Library/Carrier Bundles/iPhone/ATT_US.bundle/ist from the iPhone to your computer using Filezilla or a similar scp utility.

Search for “commcenter” in Cydia and install “CommCenter* patch for…” version 6.1r1-15 ( or later ) On Apple devices running iOS and iOS-based operating systems, jailbreaking is the use of a privilege escalation exploit to remove software restrictions.

Add a new repo to Cydia for the commcenter hack : launch Cydia then go to Manage -> Sources -> Edit -> Add “v.backspace.jp.repo”, Add Source.

Ios 8 carrier bundle files how to#

Here are some instructions on how to enable Personal Hotspot and FaceTime over 3g on the iPhone 5 GSM with AT&T : This, along with a commcenter hack, allows you to edit any of the carrier settings in iOS to enable features that your carrier may have disabled by default ( ex. As most of you probably already know, the long awaited untethered jailbreak Evasi0n for the iPhone 5 was released this last week.